Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Ors. v. Kamla Verma
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above legal position, it is always open to the appellants to resume the land in question and the appellants can not be prevented from resuming the land in question.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Cantonments: Grant of land in cantonment area on "old grant" terms - Resumption of land by Government - · Permissibility - Held: It is open to the Government to resume the land granted on "old grant" terms since the grantee never becomes a full fledged owner of such land - Subsequent purchaser of such land cannot claim better title than the original grantee. The land situated in Lucknow Cantt. was taken on lease under an agreement di,ited 26th July, 1948 by the appellant-government authorities. On 23rd December, 1996, the said land was purchased by the respondent. The respondent filed a writ
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