Supreme Court of India

Agnigundala Venkata Ranga Rao v. Indukuru Ramachandra Reddy (dead) by Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 4 S.C.R. 816

Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre J.

Decided 13 April 2017

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What the Court ordered

Before parting, we consider it apposite to state that the H 832 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2017] 4 S.C.R. A appellant and the respondents made frantic efforts to somehow retain the suit land to them and keep the land away from the clutches of The Act.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Suit: Suit for permanent injunction - Plaintiff claiming to be in possession of suit land (which was subject-matter of State Ceiling Laws) - The defendants set up a title over the suit land on the basis of sale-deed dated 16. 7.197 5 claiming to have purchased the land from the plaintiff - Suit decreed by trial Court - Decree reversed by Single Judge of High Court in first appeal - On appeal, held: Jn order to claim prohibitory injunction, it is necessary for the plaintiff to prima facie prove that his possession over the suit land is legal - Since the sale of the suit land vide sale deed

Authorities it was built on

2008 Anathula Sudhakar v. P. Buchi Reddy (dead) by Lrs. & Ors. cited by 23
1985 State of Tamil Nadu Etc. v. Ramalinga Samigal Madam Etc. cited by 13
1987 State Bank of India & Anr. v. S.B.I. Employees Union & Anr. cited by 1
2010 Pinninti Kistamma and Ors. v. Duwada Parsuram Chowdary & Ors. cited by 1
1998 Rajendra Singh and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2026 Kulsum Nisha v. State of U.p referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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