Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 117 · Decided 6 February 1997
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Ram Rakha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 117 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 1022
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 350/1981
- Decided
- 6 February 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
PUNJAB AND ORS. .~~-!:.- ~ v. RAM RAKHA AND ORS. ·~ FEBRUARY 6, 1997 B [K. RAMASWAMY ANDS. SAGHIR AHMAD, JJ.) Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act, 1951 : ..,. ·• Mortgaged land-Respondents' predecessor-in-interest holding posses- c sory mortgage since 1987-88-Declaration . as possession of property as mortgagees through te~ants since 1886-87-By the time the Act came into force land became irredeemable by original mortgago~Title to land was rightly declared D to belong to respondents and land cannot be declared as evacuee property \ nor Government can claim interest
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