DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER, HIMACHAL PRADESH ANR. vs SHRI DAUT & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that under Section 11 of the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953, the expression 'right, title and interest of the land-owner in the land' includes trees standing on the land. The Court emphasized that the tenant becomes the owner of the land and all associated rights upon the grant of the ownership certificate. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's decision that the respondents had the right to sell the trees on their land.