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Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959

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BIR SINGH AND ORS.versusPYARE SINGH AND ORS.

2000 INSC 121Dismissed

The appellants, heirs of a zamindar who had mortgaged a parcel of khudkasht land, sued the mortgagee (later his heirs) for possession under Sections 43(3) and 183 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act. The district authority and revenue boards ruled in favour of the appellants, declaring them khatedar …

MISHRI LAL (DEAD) BY LRS.versusDHIRENDRA NATH (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ORS.

1999 INSC 160Dismissed

The respondent Zamindar had executed two mortgage deeds in 1947‑48 covering houses and khudkasht lands. After the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, 1951 came into force, the mortgagee (appellant) contended that the Zamindar could not redeem the mortgage because the Act vested all zamindari …

DEVI SINGHversusBOARD OF REVENUE FOR RAJASTHAN AND ORS.

1993 INSC 328Appeal(s) allowed

Five suits were filed by appellants seeking declaration that they became Khatedars under Section 5(4) of the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959, based on possession evidenced by jamabandi records. The closest jamabandi to the abolition date was not produced, and oral evidence was …

BUDHAversusAMILAL

1990 INSC 397Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a former biswedar, sought redemption of two agricultural lands that had been mortgaged to the respondent. The lands were mortgaged before the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959 came into force. The respondent contended that, under the Act, all rights in the lands …