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Supreme Court of India · 2010-08-13

MADAN MOHAN SINGH vs RAJNI KANT

Citation / case number
SC 2003/22861
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
MADAN MOHAN SINGH
Respondent
RAJNI KANT
Author
B.S. CHAUHAN
Bench
P. SATHASIVAM,B.S. CHAUHAN, , ,

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the concurrent findings of three statutory authorities under the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953, which recognized the respondents as legal heirs of Chandra Deo Singh. The Court found that the evidence presented by the appellants regarding the illegitimacy of the respondents was insufficient to overturn the established relationship between Chandra Deo Singh and Smt. Shakuntala. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower courts' decisions to include the respondents' names in the land records.

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