Supreme Court of India

The Indian Timber and Plywood Corporation Ltd. and Ors. v. The State of Kerala and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] 3 S.C.R. 240
Bench Verma J.
Decided 31 March 1994

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Kera/a Escheats and Forfeitures Act, 1964: Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11. c Land-Abandonment of by owner-Escheat Proceedings-Collector's order escheating lands in favour of State-No appeal or suit against Collector's order-Order attaining finality-Suit for possession of land by State-Maintainability of The Respondent-State filed a suit against the appellants for recovery of possession of suit lands on the ground that they were in unlawful possesssion of the same. The case of the State was that consequent to the abandonment of the disputed lands by its owner, escheat proceedings in ~' respect

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