Supreme Court of India

Abdul Matin Mallick v. Subrata Bhattacharjee (banerjee) and Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 611
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 5 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, present appeals succeed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955: s.5(5), 8, 9 – Right of purchase by co-sharer or contiguous tenant – Pre-em ption application – Maintainability of – Vendors of the p re-emptee transferring their entire share in the property to per son other than a raiyat in the said plot of land without notice to the pre-emp tors – Pre-emption application by respondents-pre-emptor to exer cise their right as pre-emptors u/s 8, allowed by the first ap pellate court – However, the High Court while upholding the said ord er, granted time to the pre-emptors to deposit the balance consideration mone y together

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