Supreme Court of India

Safiya Bee v. Mohd. Vajahath Hussain Alias Fasi

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Reported as [2010] 15 S.C.R. 1253
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 16 December 2010

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the application filed by the appellant under Section 7-A of the Act G before the Special Tribunal was maintainable and that the Special Tribunal had necessary jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute raised therein.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982: ss. 7 , 2(e) and 2(c) - Land grabbing - Application u/s. . c 7 before Special Tribunal seeking possession of building along with its appurtenant land - Maintainability of - Held: Subject matter of the dispute was the building and the appurtenant open land - When land along with the building existing thereon is occupied, it would amount to land grabbing - Thus, application uls. 7 before the Special Tribunal was maintainable - High Court erred in holding that only occupation of the open land and construction of a building thereon can be

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