Supreme Court of India · 2003-04-02
MANOAREY @ MANOHAR vs BOARD OF REVENUE (UP)
- Citation / case number
- SC 1997/13638
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- MANOAREY @ MANOHAR
- Respondent
- BOARD OF REVENUE (UP)
- Author
- P.VENKATARAMA REDDI
- Bench
- P. VENKATARAMA REDDI K.G. BALAKRISHNAN
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns the maintainability of an application seeking declaration of rights under Section 122-B(4-F) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The Board of Revenue and High Court had previously dismissed the application on technical grounds of maintainability. The Supreme Court criticized this narrow interpretation, ruling that denying a statutory remedy to a landless Scheduled Caste agricultural labourer would be a travesty of justice.