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U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act

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MOHIUDDEEN AND 3 OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

The petitioners challenged a revision order of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue that set aside a 1982 decree and subsequent orders relating to a land dispute under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act. The Board had remitted the matter for fresh adjudication without summoning the …

MUNNA AND 2 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 5 OTHERS

The petitioners Munna and others challenged two orders: one dated 23 July 2026 dismissing their second appeal as not maintainable under Section 209(e) of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, and another dated 16 October 2025 which remanded the matter back to the Sub‑Divisional Magistrate after setting …

STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANR.versusRAVI KUMAR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS

2023 INSC 550Case Partly allowed

The dispute concerned a 183‑bigha parcel of land in Haripur, Nainital, originally leased in 1924 under the Government Grants Act of 1895. The lease was allegedly transferred by a 1947 sale deed, but the deed’s nature—whether it conveyed title or merely lease‑hold rights—was contested. The …

STATE OF U.P. & ORS.versusM/S. JASWANT SUGAR MILLS LTD. & ORS.ETC.

2014 INSC 429Disposed off

The State of Uttar Pradesh sought to recover dues of M/s Jaswant Sugar Mills Ltd. arising from arrears, loans and other liabilities incurred before the company's acquisition under the U.P. State Sugar Undertakings (Acquisition) Act, 1971. The District Collector had adjusted compensation payable for …

STATE OF UTTARANCHAL &ANR.versusSUNIL KUMAR VAISH & ORS.

2011 INSC 581Appeal(s) allowed

The State of Uttarakhand appealed a High Court order that directed the State Government to pay Rs.70,99,951.50 as compensation to the successors of an unauthorised occupier of a leased land. The land had been declared unauthorised occupation in 1972 and the State had successfully evicted the …

MAHABIR SUGAR MILLS LTD. AND ORS. ETC.versusSTATE OF U.P. AND ORS. ETC.

1996 INSC 951Dismissed

The Supreme Court considered a series of appeals and writ petitions filed by Mahavir Sugar Mills Ltd. and related parties against the State of Uttar Pradesh concerning the U.P. Sugar Undertakings (Acquisition) Act, 1971. The Court noted that the validity of the Act had already been upheld in Ishwari …

ABDUL QADIR (DEAD) BY LRS.versusSMT. MAIMOONA KHATOON (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ORS.

1996 INSC 253Dismissed

Abdul Qadir, as successor of an evacuee property declared under the Custodian of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, claimed adverse possession over land and sought to be recorded as sirdar and bhumidar in two khatas. The Consolidation Officer and Settlement Officer initially upheld his claim, but the …

VIDYA DEVI@ VIDYA VATI(DEAD)versusPREM PRAKASH AND ORS.

1995 INSC 361Appeal(s) allowed

Vidya Devi, a co‑bhumidhar of a Delhi landholding, filed a partition suit under Section 55(1) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954. Prem Prakash, another co‑bhumidhar, defended the suit by claiming exclusive title over the whole land by adverse possession since 1953‑54 and asked that the question of …

ANIL KUMAR SINGHversusSHIVNA TH MISHRA @ GADASU GURU

1994 INSC 485Dismissed

Daulat Singh filed a suit for specific performance of a land sale; he died and his son continued as legal representative. The plaintiff sought to amend the plaint to implead Shivnath Mishra, alleging Mishra had become a co‑owner of the land by a decree under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land …

MAHADEO PRASAD SINGH & ANR.versusRAM LOCHAN & ORS.

1980 INSC 183Dismissed

The appellant obtained a money decree from the Small Causes Court in 1953 and, under Section 39(1)(d) CPC, had it transferred to the Munsif Court for execution. The Munsif Court sold the immovable property in execution of the decree, and the purchaser later sold it to the respondents. The …