Supreme Court of India

Sakharam Shripati Jadhav, Deceased through His Legal Representatives and Others v. Chandrakant Alias Madhav Laxman Agnihotri and Others

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Reported as [1987] 1 S.C.R. 913
Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and K.N. Singh JJ.
Decided 8 January 1987

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the area which is in dispute in this case comprised of areas leased for raising sugarcane crop as also for other crops.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Bombay Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, S.43A­ Composite purpose lease and single purpose /ease-Distinction between-Lease for composite purpose-Area where only sugarcane cultivated-Exempted-Area where along with sugarcane other crops cultivated-Not exempted. The Bombay Tenancy Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, by s.32(1) provides that every tenant should, subject to the other provisions con­ tained in the Act, be deemed to have purchased from the landlord, free of all encumbrances .the land held by him as tenant, if such tenant was a permanent tenant and cultivated the land personally; or

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