Supreme Court of India · 2002-08-23
M.P. Rajya Sahkari Bank Maryadi vs Indian Coffee Workers' Co-Operative ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 3055
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- M.P. Rajya Sahkari Bank Maryadi
- Respondent
- Indian Coffee Workers' Co-Operative ...
- Bench
- S.S.M. Quadri, S.N. Variava
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the legality of the resumption of land leased to the Appellant under the Madhya Pradesh Nazul Land Rules, holding that the State's order to resume the land was invalid as it failed to consider the Appellant's representations and the subsequent reinstatement of the lease. The Court emphasized that the cancellation of the lease must follow due process and that the Appellant was entitled to the land as per the original allotment order. The Court ultimately set aside the dismissal of the Letters Patent Appeals, restoring the Appellant's rights to the leased land.