Supreme Court of India
Begum Suriya Rashid & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the muafi grants were not hereditary or perpetual and the appellants cannot claim title as muafidars.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Jagir--"Naslan-bad-naslan·· and "batnan-bad-batnan", meaning of Jqir and muafi, difference between. The ruler of Bhopal granted a jagir .,. also muafi lands to the plain tift's father. The grants were expressed to be for "naslan-bad-nalllan" and "batnan-bad-batnan" (descendant after descendant and generation after generation). On death of the plaintiff's father, his heirs were allowed to conlinue in p0sses.sion of the muafi lands and jagir under the oxpr..S orders of the darbar except for a ohort period during which it was managed by the Ruler. fresh grant was made in favour of the
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