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.