Supreme Court of India

Mahant Dooj Das (dead) through Lr. v. Udasin Panchayati Bara Akhara & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 470
Bench P.P. Naolekar and Aftab Alam JJ.
Decided 1 May 2008

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the civil court MAHANT DOOJ DAS (DEAD) TH. LR. v.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 - s.331 -Applicability of- Jurisdiction of civil court c - Held: No evidence led by defendants that suit land was · demarcated under s. 5 and as such vested in State Government - Hence s.331 of 1950 Act not applicable - Unless land is vested in State Government, s.331 would have no application to oust jurisdiction of civil court - Burden lies ; . on defendants to prove that suit lands were demarcated which they failed to discharge - Uttar Pradesh Urban Areas Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1956 - ss. 5 and 8. ""1 Code of

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