Supreme Court of India · 2021-10-29
STATE OF KERALA vs M/S POPULAR ESTATES (NOW DISSOLVED)
- Citation / case number
- SC 2009/4405
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF KERALA
- Respondent
- M/S POPULAR ESTATES (NOW DISSOLVED)
- Author
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the dispute over land ownership between the State of Kerala and M/s Popular Estates, focusing on the application of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971. The court upheld the Kerala High Court's decision that a portion of the land vested in the state while the majority remained with Popular Estates as plantation land. The ruling clarified the interpretation of the Vesting Act and its implications on land ownership rights.