Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 68 · Decided 19 January 2022
Village Officer and Others v. Chunayamakkal Joseph and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 68 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 977
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 207/2022
- Decided
- 19 January 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 - ss. 2(f), 3, 4, 8 & 13 - Kerala Private Forest (Tribunal) Rules, 1972 - r.2A - Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961- s.5 - Area/land in question was notified as vested Forest u/s. 4 of 1971 Act -Land in favour of respondents which was later on cancelled - In writ Petition before High Court, respondents submitted that when they are in possession of the properties in question, the revenue authorities are obliged and bound to accept the basic tax, leviable under the 1961 Act
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