Supreme Court Dismisses Landlord’s Appeal in U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act Dispute — ‘Held’ in Section 9 Interpreted as ‘Lawfully Held’ to Protect Ryots’ Rights Over Building Site. Court Rules that Tenants Who Temporarily Fled During Communal Riots Did Not Abandon Possession, and Landlord’s Unlawful Entry and Construction Did Not Extinguish Their Title to the Land and Building.
20 Aug 1969The dispute concerned a village site in Nagli Abdulla, Uttar Pradesh, which the respondents, ryots under the appellants, had held for over sixty years...
