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april 2018

Supreme Court of India · 2018-04-18

M. Durga Singh vs Yadagiri .

Citation / case number
AIR 2018 SUPREME COURT 2104
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
M. Durga Singh
Respondent
Yadagiri .
Author
Madan B. Lokur
Bench
Deepak Gupta, Madan B. Lokur

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court addressed a land dispute involving the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982, specifically Section 8(1), which empowers Special Courts to handle cases of land grabbing. The Court held that the appellants' civil suits were not maintainable due to the provisions of the Act, as they had previously compromised their claims and failed to establish their title to the land. Consequently, the Court dismissed the appeals, affirming the lower courts' decisions regarding the appellants' lack of ownership and the validity of the respondents' possession.

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