Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 116 · Decided 21 February 2013
The State of A.P. & ORS. v. M/S. Star Bone Mill & Fertiliser CO.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 116 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 394
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6690/2004
- Decided
- 21 February 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 90, 110
Headnote
Property Law - Ownership and title - Suit filed by C respondent in 1974 on basis of registered sale deed dated 11-11-1959 for declaration of title - Trial court decreed the suit, holding that appellant-Government was not the owner of the suit property, and that the title over it- Order upheld by High Court- On appeal, held: The Courts o below erred in ignoring the revenue record, particularly, the documents showing that the Government was the absolute owner of the suit property since at least 1920 - Unless Mis A (the vendor of respondent) had valid title,
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