Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 161 · Decided 20 March 2002
State of West Bengal and ORS. v. Karan Singh Binayak and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 161 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 620
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2270/2002
- Decided
- 20 March 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151
Headnote
Land Laws: West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 Section 6(J)(b)-Certain lands-Retention of-Right of intermediary­ Khas possession-Held: If building and structure is not owned by the intermediary he will not be entitled to retain land appurtenant thereto-But if it is owned by the land appurtenant thereto-Khas possession is not required for applicability of S.6(J)(b). Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 151--'--lnherent powers-Invoking of-Principles-Held: Inherent E powers cannot be used to reopen the settled matters-Such powers cannot be resorted to when specific
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