SHANTABAI VITHAL PATIL(DEAD) BY LRS.&ORS vs AMBAJI LAXMAN THAKUR(DEAD) BY LRS.

The Supreme Court upheld the concurrent findings of the Tehsildar, Sub-Divisional Officer, and Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal that the landlady ceased to cultivate the land personally within 12 years after obtaining possession under Section 31 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. The Court confirmed that the tenant was entitled to regain possession as the landlady's daughter had cultivated the land, indicating non-compliance with the personal cultivation requirement. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed with no order as to costs.