Supreme Court of India

Patiraji v. Mamta & Others

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Reported as [1973] 3 S.C.R. 687
Bench J. M. Shelat and Y. V. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 15 March 1973

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What the Court ordered

In the result we confirm the judgment of the High Court and -dismiss the appeal with costs.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

U.P. Zamindarl Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, s. 20(b)(i)­ AdivlJSI rights under-Who is entitled to. The appellant filed a suit under s. 20(b)(i) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, on the basis that her name was recorded as an occupant in the Khasra of 1356 Fasli, that she bad there­ fore become an Adivasi, and was consequently entitled to p<l680S8ion of the la!!ds from which she was unlawfully dispossessed by the respondent& The suit was dismissed but was allowed in appeal by the Additional Com· missioner. further appeal by the r.Spondents to the Board of

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