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.