Supreme Court of India

Dr. Zafar Ali Shah and Others v. The Assistant Custodian of Evacuee Property, Jhansi and Others

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 749
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 4 March 1961

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow the petition and set aside the order of January 10, 1952, in so far as it affected the rights of the petitioners in the properties concern­ ed.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Evacuee Property-Declaration of-If could be made without issuing of notice-Administration of Evacuee Property Act, r950 (3r of r950), s. 7-Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabili­ tation) Act, r954 (44 of r954), s. 12-Constituiion of India, Art. r9(r) (j). The Custodian of evacuee properties m1de a declaration that two houses were evacuee properties. Notice under s. 7 of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, which initiated the proceedings resulting in the declaration had been served on t\V"O persons as owners. These persons did not appear and contest the proceedings. The

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