Supreme Court of India

H. K. Choudhury, Regional Settlement Commissioner v. Shri Issardas Kundanmal Motiani and Others

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Reported as [1965] 3 S.C.R. 78
Decided 15 February 1965

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal fails and is dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Displaced Persons (Compensation and RehabiMation) Rules, 1955, r.l!f-If applies to agricultural woperty. c The respondent who had a "verified claim" applied for compen­ sation under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabili­ tation) Act, 1954. He alleged that he was a co-sharer along with his brothers in agricultural property in West Pakistan and claimed his share of the compensation. The Assistant Settlement Officer held that the alleged co-sharers were members of a joint Hindu, family and that the agricultural property was joint property. He then cal­ culated the compensation on· the

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Of those, 2 mentioned

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