Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 44 · Decided 24 February 1965
Sbri U. R. Mavinkurve v. Thakor Madhavsinghji Gambhirsingh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 44 · [1965] 3 S.C.R. 177
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 281/1962
- Decided
- 24 February 1965
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, V. RAMASWAMI (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Revenue Code Section 40
Headnote
Bqmbay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) ACI, 1953, ss. 3, 5 and 9-J agirdars becoming occupants of Forest Areai 0 under the Bombay Land Revenue Code after Abolition Act-Wheth"" their rights included right to trees under s. 40 of the Code. The first eleven respondents were state which was merged with the State of Bombay in June 1948. In August 1953, these respondents entered into an agreement with respondent No. 12, whereby, the latter could cut and remove all species of trees D from forest lands in 39 villages over which the first eleven respon.­ dents
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