Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

The appellants, descendants of original Portuguese "Alvara" holders in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, claimed perpetual lease rights over agricultural lands granted under the Organizacao Agraria (OA). The Collector rescinded these grants on 30 April 1974 invoking Article 12 of the OA for non‑cultivation, leading to a protract…

Syscon Consultants entered into a 1985 agreement to purchase a coastal island in Goa from defendants 1‑6, who misrepresented themselves as sole owners and concealed a mortgage and a sister's pre‑emptive rights. The plaintiff paid an advance and later discharged the mortgage by paying Rs 17 lakh, but the defendants fail…

After the deaths of Late Sadanand V. Marathe and his wife, their son filed inventory proceedings for their estate, which included a lease premises held by a partnership firm. The appellants, the deceased's daughters, objected to the exclusion of the lease premises from the inventory, arguing that as married daughters t…