Supreme Court of India

Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v. State of Gujarat and Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 897
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and A. S. Bop Anna JJ.
Decided 15 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: (AIR p. 301, para 8) VINODCHANDRA SAKARLAL KAPADIA v.

Judgment, page 99

From the headnote

Bombay T enancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 – ss.63, 43 & 14, 17, 17B, 27, 29, 32, 32A, 32B, 32F , 32H, 32I, 32O, 32P , 32PP, 32PPP, 32QQ, 32R, 32U, 33(1), 63A, 64, 84C, 88B, 88E – Agricultural land was in the cultivating possession of a tenant, who became deemed pur chaser under the Act as he was cultivating the land on tiller ’s day – Land bequeathed thr ough W ill in favour of appellant – However , it was found that the appellant was not an agriculturist and the disposal by way of W ill in his favour was contrar y to s.63 – Land was declar ed to be vested in the S tate – Division

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