Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 869 · Decided 25 September 2018
The State of Kerala & ANR. v. Gouri & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 869 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 682
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7694/2009
- Decided
- 25 September 2018
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971: s.3(3) - The land in question was acquired by the respondents prior to the appointed day and was being used for personal cultivation by respondents - Therefore, respondents-land owners were entitled to exemption being vested in the State under the Act - Land Acquisition. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The High Court held that the land was acquired by the respondents (landowners) prior to the appointed day and was being used for personal cultivation by the respondents- landowners. These
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