Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Tarsem Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 545
Bench V.N. Khare J.
Decided 4 September 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that under Section 3 of the Act, all rights, title and interests including the easementary rights stood extinguished and all such rights, title and interests vested in the State free from all encumbrances.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Himachal Pradesh Village Common lands Vesting and Utilization Act, 1974. Section 3-Effect of-Village community using land for grazing-land vesting in the State free from all encumbrances under Section 3-Village community claiming easementary right over the /and-Held, vesting of land in the State is without any burden or charge on the land, including that of easementary right-Punjab Village Common lands (Regulation) Act, 1961. Words & Phrases-Encumbrance-Meaning of Disputed pasture land was shamilat land and was being used by village community for grazing their catties. The said land came to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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