Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 979 · Decided 22 September 2017
Kutchi Lal Rameshwar Ashram Trust Evam Anna Kshetra Trust THR. Velji Devshi Patel v. Collector, Haridwar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 979 · [2017] 9 S.C.R. 766
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3878/2009
- Decided
- 22 September 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 9; Constitution; Hindu Succession Act Section 29; Succession Act Section 29
Headnote
Jurisdiction: c · Jurisdiction of Collector - In adjudicating that the intestate property in question would vest in the State Government ar a result of failure of heirs within meaning of s. 29 of Hindu Succession Act - Held: In the process u!s. 29, the Collector adjudicated upon various disputed factual matters - A civil court has the jurisdiction to adjudicate upon all matters involving civil D disputes, except where the jurisdiction of the court is taken away - Such a matter could not have been adjudicated upon by the
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