Supreme Court of India

M.B. Ramachandran v. Gowramma and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 964
Bench B.P. Singh and Arun Kumar JJ.
Decided 28 April 2005

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the judgment of the High Court in Sri Kudil Sringeri Maha Samsthanam in so far as it declared the Kamataka Inams Abolition (Amendment) Act, 1979 (Act 26 of 1979) void in. its entirety is not correct.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

land Laws: Karnataka lnams Abolition (Amendment) Act, 1979-Validity of-Mysore Act 1of1955 and Mysore Act 18of1955 amended by Act of 1979-Jurisdiction to determine occupancy rights conferred on land Tribunal instead of Deputy Commissioner-Act of 1979 declared ultra vires in entirety by High Court when only the validity of amendments to Act 18of1955 in issue and not Act 1 of 1955-ln separate matters grant of occupancy rights by land Tribunal, upheld by Single Judge-Order quashed by Appellate Bench as Land Tribunal ceased to have jurisdiction and matter remitted to Special Deputy

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