Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 285 · Decided 4 May 2000
State of Rajasthan v. Harphool Singh (Dead) Through His LRS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 285 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 958
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5188/1996
- Decided
- 4 May 2000
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 9; Evidence Act
Headnote
I Adverse possession-Proof of-Plaintiff claiming adverse possession on y a l~nd belonging to State Govemment-MeTT! vague assertions-No concrete 4-- or mate._ rial proof to substantiate the claim-Allowed by Trial Court-Affirmed c by fi,.st appellate court and High Court-Validity of-Held, in order hostile and continues possession for a period of 30 years should be proved-In the instant case, materials on record do not substantiate plaintiffs claim for adverse possession-Thus, Courts below were not justified in allowing the claim- D Evidence Act, 1872-Section II 0. Public property-Adverse
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