Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1440 · Decided 5 December 1996

SMT. Pritam Kaur v. DY. Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1996 INSC 1440 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 570
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 429/1986
Decided
5 December 1996
Bench
K. RAMASWAMY, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Constitution Article 226

Headnote

Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation)Act, 1954: Sec&shy; tions 2(b )(e) and 4. C Displaced persons-Claim for rehabilitation compensatiott-Require- ments of-Respondents and their father residents of West Pakistatt-Respon&shy; dents had migrated to India in 1947-Father of respondents on December 19, 1955-Competent authorities held that they are entitled to compensation-<:onsequently land in possession of appellant allotted to D them-Appellant unsuccessfully challenged the proceedings-Appeal preferred before Supreme Court-Held the respondents as legal representatives

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