Supreme Court of India

Govindappa Gounder @ Govindasamy (dead) v. K. Vijayakumar and Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 9 S.C.R. 1229
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 10 September 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court committed an error in allowing the Second Appeal filed by the respondents and thereby interfering with the findings of fact recorded by the First Appellate Court in favour of the appellants herein.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether there is any cogent material or evidence to indicate that the appellants had indulged in cutting of trees or its branches or digging up the land and thereby causing substantial damage so as to bring the case within the ambit of s.3(2)(b), Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955. Headnotes† Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 – s.3(2)(b) – Suit filed by the respondents claiming to be the owners of the subject land seeking permanent injunction against the appellants restraining them from cutting trees or from causing any damage or

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