Supreme Court of India · 2020-04-17
SHANKAR SAKHARAM KENJALE(D) BY LRS. vs NARAYAN KRISHNA GADE .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2009/21191
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SHANKAR SAKHARAM KENJALE(D) BY LRS.
- Respondent
- NARAYAN KRISHNA GADE .
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the appeal concerning the redemption of a mortgage on watan property, where the High Court had set aside the findings of the lower courts. The court emphasized the application of the Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874, and the implications of the Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950, on the rights of the parties involved. Ultimately, the court upheld the High Court's direction for the Trial Court to issue a preliminary decree of redemption in favor of the respondents.