Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 37 · Decided 1 February 1972
State of U.P. v. Sayed Abdul Jalil
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 37 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 342
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 279/1967
- Decided
- 1 February 1972
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act
Headnote
A1aho1n111edan law-Order of Muslim ruler of Princely State a.Uotting .l1ouse-lf would n1J1ount to a gift of the corpus-Whether operates tu a grnnt of life e:-.·tate or a revocable licenct-lndian Evidence Act ( 1 o/ 1872), s. 92 proviso (6)-Admissihilit,v of other el'idtnce. Pursuant to an o:ind he \\'as Jiving in it. After the merger of th·~ princely-State with the appellant-State, rent was demanded from the res~ondent and he filed a suit for a declaration that he was the o\vner in possession of the house; and in the 3(tefnative; that he was a licensee entitled to remain in
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