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The petitioner, Rajendra Prasad, challenged a series of revenue orders concerning Plot No. 1957 in Jalaun district, asserting that the land was non‑Zamindari‑Abolition (non‑ZA) and thus governed by the U.P. Tenancy Act, 1939, allowing him to maintain proceedings under Section 60 of that Act. The …
The case involved four separate suits (nos. 97‑100) concerning lands in four villages, all filed under Section 49 of the U.P. Tenancy Act, 1939. A common judgment was delivered, after which the judgment in suit no. 98 attained finality, while appeals against the common judgment in suits 99 and 100 …
The Supreme Court examined whether the 23 November 1989 judgment, which granted title and possession of 64 bighas of land to respondents Vinod Kumar and others, constituted a decree that made them tenure‑holders under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The State of …
The Supreme Court examined the land‑holding of Escorts Farms Ltd., which occupied land released by the Uttar Pradesh government to the former ruler of Kashipur under a Government Grant and later became subject to the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act. The State initiated …
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of Section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Amendment Act 33 of 1972, which abolished letters‑patent appeals from judgments of a single High Court judge in writ jurisdiction concerning revenue and tenancy matters. The petitioners challenged the amendment …
The appellant, Raghubar Dayal (deceased), was granted parcels of land in 1956 under the Government Grants Act, 1895 for personal cultivation, subject to lease‑like covenants. In 1974 the prescribed authority, invoking the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, issued a notice …
The appellant, Kanwar Lal, succeeded to a 1920 lease of 4,805 acres granted under the Government Grants Act, 1895, which was later taken over by the Uttar Pradesh Government Estates Thekedari Abolition Act, 1958. The State amended the Grants Act and later enacted the Validation Act, 1970 to revive …
The widow Jivani, after the death of her husband Bahadur Singh (the last male holder of tenancy rights), claimed to have created a joint tenancy with Jwala Singh under Section 59 of the U.P. Tenancy Act, 1939. The appellants, heirs of the original tenant, challenged the decree, alleging it was …
The appellants appealed against a civil suit for possession of a plot in Varanasi, contending that the land was agricultural and thus fell within the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The respondents argued that the land was "abadi" (non‑agricultural) and that the civil court …
The appellants, Zafar Khan and others, claimed possession of land based on a decree under the U.P. Tenancy Act and later asserted they were bhumidars under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The respondents, having become adhivasis under the same Act, regained possession …
