Supreme Court of India · 2020-03-03
THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER REVENUE vs AKHALAQ HUSSAIN .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2009/62
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER REVENUE
- Respondent
- AKHALAQ HUSSAIN .
- Author
- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to set aside the orders of the Additional Commissioner and the Additional Judicial Commissioner regarding a land exchange under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The court found that the mutation of land was valid and that the respondents had constructed a hotel on the exchanged land, thereby affirming their rights to the property. The judgment clarifies the legal standing of land exchanges involving members of Scheduled Tribes under the relevant legislation.