Supreme Court of India

Jagpal Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 250
Bench Markandey Kat Ju and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 28 January 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that such letters are wholly illegal and without jurisdiction.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 - s. 7 - Gram Sabha land, gram panchayat land, sham/at deh, mandeveli/ poramboke land - Illegal/Unauthorized occupation - Land recorded as a village pond - Unauthorized occupation by appellants and construction of houses therein - Application uls. 7 to evict the appellants - Collector regularizing the possession of unauthorized occupants - Commissioner as also the High Court setting aside the same - On appeal, held: Appellants were trespassers who illegally encroached on to the Gram Panchayat land by using muscle power/money power and in

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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