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Supreme Court of India · 2007-05-28

B. ARVIND KUMAR vs GOVERNMENT OF INDIA .

Citation / case number
SC 2002/1285
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
B. ARVIND KUMAR
Respondent
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA .
Author
R.V. Raveendran
Bench
R.V. RAVEENDRAN & LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court held that the appellant, claiming ownership of land leased in perpetuity, could not establish absolute ownership due to the nature of the lease and the lessee's insolvency. The Court emphasized that the lease did not confer absolute ownership rights, and the appellant's dispossession was not unlawful as the defendants acted within their rights to resume the land. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the High Court's reversal of the lower court's decree in favor of the appellant.

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