Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 405 · Decided 18 September 2012
State of Uttarakhand & Ors v. Guru Ram Das Educational Trust Society
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 405 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 1133
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6621/2012
- Decided
- 18 September 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
U. P. ZAMINDARI ABOLITION AND LAND REFORMS ACT, 1950: ss. 154(1), 166 and 167 - Notice u/ss 166 and 167 to transferee-Educational Trust in respect of a portion of land transferred to it by Bhumidhar - Held: Keeping in view the definition of 'family' in the Explanation, the term 'any person' A B (1) of s. 154 refers to a natural person and not a D 'charitable institution' and, as such, the notice u/ss 166 and 167 issued to Educational Trust was not justified. A notice u/ss 167 and 167 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 was issued to the respondent-Educational Trust
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