Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 187 · Decided 11 September 1970
Hatti v. Sunder Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 187 · [1971] 2 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1228/1966
- Decided
- 11 September 1970
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution
Headnote
163 Civil Court-Exclueion of Jurisdiction-Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954-Sections 84, 185, 186 and item 4 of First Schedule-Jurisdiction of Revenue Court-Suit to establish Bhumidari righr if competent-Civil Court's competence to decide title in proceedings under First Schedule. Under s. 13 of the to the respondent. The respondent filecl a suit in the Civil Court claiming that the bhumidhari issued to the appellant was illegal, that he should instead be declared the bhumidhar and prayed for possession of the land. Apart from the issues on merits, the appellant raised the issue that
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