BHUBANESHWAR PRASAD NARAIN SINGH & ORS. vs SIDHESWAR MUKHERJEE & ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of Section 6 of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, in the context of a partition suit initiated in 1943. The Court held that the partition proceedings should not abate as the lands in question vested in the State under the Act, and the rights of the parties were to be determined in light of this vesting. The High Court's direction to allow the partition suit to proceed was upheld, affirming the legal principle that land tenure changes under the Act affect ongoing litigation.