Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1379 · Decided 22 November 1996
State of Tamil Nadu v. His Holiness Srilla Sri Ambalavana Pandara Sannadhi Adheenakartha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1379 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 161
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 15523/1996
- Decided
- 22 November 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 39, 136
Headnote
Tamil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Ac~ 1963/ Estate Land Act 1908 : Ss. 3(7), 3(13) 9 and 65/ ss. 3(1)(b), 3(15) and 185-"Inam es­ tate"-Tenants in cultivating possession orRe/igious Institution claiming ownership thereof-Both the religious institution land was an existing estate-Religious institution has converted the land by its conduct as a ryoti land and has given the land A B c on lease to the tenants and was collecting rent from them-Tenants became D ryots who ever since remained in possession as ryots and, therefore, are entitled to
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