Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Private Religious Trust: Trust Not Entitled to Recover Agricultural Land for Personal Cultivation. The Court held that ‘to cultivate personally’ under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region) Act, 1958, applies only to natural persons, not to juristic persons such as idols or Sansthans, and a private trust cannot claim possession under Sections 36 and 38.
19 Aug 1969The dispute arose from a private religious trust, Kalanka Devi Sansthan, which derived its main income from endowed agricultural land. One parcel of l...
