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.