STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS.versusS. DHARAM SINGH (DEAD) BY SUCCESSOR DESA SINGH.& ANR.
1985 INSC 18929 August 1985Dismissed
The Punjab Government advanced a loan to a cooperative house‑building society for low‑income housing, securing repayment by mortgaging the sites and houses. The society defaulted on repayments and the government issued a notice invoking clause (b) of section 67 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act to arrest the borrowers. Th…
HARISH CHANDER & ORS.versusGHISA RAM AND ANR.
1980 INSC 24018 December 1980Dismissed
The plaintiff, a respondent in a suit for pre-emption, claimed he was a tenant of the disputed land at the time it was sold to the appellants in 1967. The appellants contended they had been tenants since 1965 under a lease from the vendor. The revenue records (Jamabandi for 1959‑60 and subsequent Khasra‑Girdawaris) lis…
TILAK RAJversusBAIKUNTHI DEVI (D) BY LRS.
2009 INSC 19216 February 2009Appeal(s) allowed
The appellant, Tilak Raj, claimed a half‑share in land bequeathed to him by his grandmother's will and in land that had been acquired by the Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) and later returned as surplus. The decree in the earlier suit mistakenly described the land as Khasra No. 25R/52 instead of the correct 26R/5…
SHANTI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. GORANversusJAGAN DEVI & ORS.
2025 INSC 110512 September 2025Dismissed
The plaintiffs claimed a one‑third share in agricultural land and sought a permanent injunction and joint possession, alleging that a sale deed dated 14‑06‑1973 was fraudulent and void because they never executed it and received no consideration. The trial court dismissed the suit as time‑barred; the First Appellate Co…