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State of Kerala & Anr. v. M/s Popular Estates (now Dissolved) & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 541
Bench Indira Banerjee and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 29 October 2021

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Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971: ss. 2(a), 2(f), 3, 6 and 8 – Kerala Land Reforms Ac t, 1963 – ss. 2(47) and 81 – Private forests – Meaning of – Natur e of land – Determination of, by Taluk land Board – Evidentiary value of – Held: Where the Land Board arrives at a determination abo ut the character of lands, under the Act of 1963, that becomes a piec e of evidence for the purposes of the Vesting Act – Unles s a contrary state of affairs shown to exist, the Board’s order to be given due weight – On facts, rounds of litigation between the State and the respondent –

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