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Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948

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PANDURANG APPASAHEB SHINDE AND OTHERSversusSOMNATH RANGNATH SHINDE AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners, five Shinde brothers, purchased 57.8 acres of land under a certificate issued pursuant to Section 32M of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Respondent Somnath Shinde sought forfeiture of the land, and the Tenancy Avval Karkun ordered forfeiture under Section …

Appa Bhimrao RaksheversusShivaji Bapu Powar

Disposed off as Withdrawn

The appellant, Appa Bhimrao Rakshe, filed a second appeal under Section 100 of the CPC challenging a district court judgment that had reversed a trial court decree granting an injunction in his 2015 suit. The appellate court had set aside the decree on two grounds: that the suit property was …

RAM BABU PATIL AND ORSversusYASHWANT BHAGIRAT PATIL AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners challenged a common judgment of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal that set aside earlier orders confirming Anya Govind Patil as the tenant of a parcel of agricultural land and quashed the purchase‑price determination in favour of Babu Pandu Patil. The dispute centred on whether the …

RAM BABU PATIL AND ORSversusYASHWANT BHAGIRAT PATIL AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners challenged a common judgment of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal that set aside earlier orders confirming Anya Govind Patil as the tenant of a parcel of agricultural land and quashed the purchase‑price determination in favour of Babu Pandu Patil. The dispute centred on whether the …

ABDULBARI GULAM HUSSAIN TUNGEKAR AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners filed a review petition challenging the order dated 28 August 2026 in Writ Petition No. 11027 of 2026. They argued that the observations in paragraph 12 of that order, concerning the legal effect of a person being in cultivation of agricultural land on the Tiller’s day, might affect …

DATTATREY KANU PATILversusTHE SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER PANVEL AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Dattatrey Kanu Patil, challenged a Sub‑divisional Officer's order rejecting his objection to the disbursal of compensation for 15 gunthas of land slated for acquisition under the Virar‑Alibaug Multimodal Corridor project. The objection was raised under Section 19‑B(6) of the …

SHOBHA ALIAS SUREKHA SURESH PATIL AND ANRversusRADHIKA PRAKASH BORGAONKAR AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners, two women from Thane district, challenged a Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal (MRT) order that set aside a Sub‑Divisional Officer’s (SDO) decision deleting their names as tenants of a 89.4‑acre agricultural plot. The dispute arose from a series of mutation entries showing that the …

SONYA CHAITYA VARTHE AND ORSversusSLUM REHABILITATION AUTHORITY AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioners, claiming Scheduled Tribe status, argued that they were protected tenants of a plot in Kandivali under the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, and therefore could not be evicted under Sections 33 and 38 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and …

HANUMAN BUDHAJI SORKHADE AND ORSversusSHRI ANANT LAXMAN KHANE AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioners challenged the declaration that respondents were tenants of Survey No.80, arguing that earlier mutation entries and a Section 32M certificate established their own tenancy rights. The court examined the sequence of mutation entries, the absence of a Section 32G purchase price …

ABDULBARI GULAM HUSSEN TUNGEKAR AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners challenged a judgment of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal (MRT) that upheld a Sub‑Divisional Officer's order deleting the name of Respondent No. 4 from the record of rights of a 60‑are land in Raigad. The petitioners claimed they were the owners and argued that the …

RAMESH PANDURANG KHISHMATRAO DECD THROU. L.H.versusANIL NARAYAN JADHAV AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Ramesh Pandurang Khishmatrao Decd, challenged an order dated 17 July 2026 issued by the President of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, which remanded Appeal No. 142 of 2024 to the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) for a fresh decision. The petitioner feared that the remand would confine …

SHRI. SURYAKANT RAVJI SHAH AND ANRversusSHRI. GAUTAM RAMCHANDRA DESAI AND ORS

Allowed

The petitioners sought relief against the Minister’s orders cancelling mutation entries and setting aside a sale of Mahar Watan land that had been transferred without the Collector’s prior sanction. The dispute centered on whether the 2002 amendment inserting Section 5(4) into the Bombay Inferior …

YASHWANT BHAGIRAT PATIL AND ORSversusRAM BABU PATIL AND ORS

Allowed

The petitioners, a group of agriculturists, challenged a common order of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal dated 3 September 2024 which had set aside a 5 December 2023 order that upheld the tenancy of their predecessor Anya Patil and allowed the respondents’ review applications. The dispute centered …

KUSUM BHAGWAN PATIL AND ORSversusBABU PANDU PATIL SINCE DECD. THR LRS AND ORS

Allowed

The petitioners, a group of agriculturists, challenged a common order of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal dated 3 September 2024 which had set aside a 5 December 2023 order that upheld the tenancy of their predecessor Anya Patil and allowed the respondents’ review applications. The dispute centered …

SALIM D. AGBOATWALA AND ORS.versusSHAMALJI ODDHAVJI THAKKAR AND ORS.

2021 INSC 486Appeal(s) allowed

A group of heirs filed a suit in 1987 to set aside a 1963 Agricultural Lands Tribunal order and a 1954 sale certificate concerning land that had been placed under the control of a court‑appointed receiver after the death of the original owner in 1946. The defendants moved to reject the plaint under …