Supreme Court of India

Kavalappara Kottarathil Kochunni Moopil Nayar v. The State of Madras and Others

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 316
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 4 March 1959

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Fundamental Rights, Enforcement of-Maintainability of petition-Powers a.11-d jurisdiction of Supreute Court-Extcnt-Con­ siiiution of India, Art. 32. The petitioner in Petition No. L!J was the Moopil Nair of the Kavalappara sthanam and, as the sthanee, claimed to be the sole proprietor of the sthanam properties. The respondents Nos. 2 to rJ, who were the junior members of the Kavalappara tarwad or family, resisted the claim on the ground that the pro­ perties were tarward properties and they had rights in them. There was litigation between the parties and ultimately the Privy Council held in

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