Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Ors. v. Ram Rakha and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] 1 S.C.R. 1022
Bench K. Ramaswamy and S. Saghir Ahmad JJ.
Decided 6 February 1997

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Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act, 1951 : ..,. ·• Mortgaged land-Respondents' predecessor-in-interest holding posses- c sory mortgage since 1987-88-Declaration . as evacuee property-Union government's .claim that land belonged to them--Civil suit for declaration by respondents that after expiry of 60 years they become absolute owners of land-Held, respondents being in possession of property as mortgagees through te~ants since 1886-87-By the time the Act came into force land became irredeemable by original mortgago~Title to land was rightly declared to belong to respondents and land cannot be

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