Supreme Court of India

Tulsi Ram and Ors. v. Mathura Sagar Pan Tatha Krishi and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 104
Bench Umesh C. Banerjee and Y.K. Sabharwal JJ.
Decided 12 November 2002

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Doctrine of 'lost grant'- Presumption ofin favour of an indefinite body of persons and members of a particular community-Owners of a tank allowing !'Jer of their tank to a community for fishery .under an agreement a century ago on payment for maintenance of tank-Owners seeking injunction against user of tank-Other party claiming right by reason. of grant-Held: It cannot claim lost grant since what was granted to it was only license to fish-Land laws. Barais community, owners of tanks in a village used to draw water for irrigation of betel leaves plantations and appellants-Dhimars, a fishing

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