Supreme Court of India

Kunjanam Antony (dead) by Lr5. v. State of Kerala and Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 967
Bench Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri and Ashok Bhan JJ.
Decided 6 February 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High court is right in holding that the burden of showing that the land was not a private forest was E on the appellant and the appellant had failed to establish her claim.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Kera/a "Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971: Ss. 2/( /)((i)( ) and 3-Private forest-Vesting of in State-Appellant's claim for exclusion from vesting of in State certain land allegedly used principally for cultivation of rubber plantation-Rejected by High Court­ Held, High Court is right in holding that the burden of showing that the land was not a private forest was on the appellant and the appellant had failed to establish her claim-The material on record indicates that the appellant has been cultivating topioca-There is also nothing on record to show that absence of rubber

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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