land allotment Archives

‘Permissive possession does not create possessory rights’; Calcutta High Court upholds KMDA’s right to cancel the land allotment

Calcutta High Court held that the physical possession of the land was not given to the petitioners, and no lease deed was executed in their favor, leading to the conclusion that they were in permissive possession.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SCBA cannot assert right over 1.33 acres of Supreme Court land for constructing lawyers’ chambers; Supreme Court dismisses petition filed by Senior Advocate Vikas Singh

The Supreme Court observed that such matters cannot be resolved by the application of judicial standards and have to be taken up on the administrative side of the Supreme Court.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Authorities cannot be punished for inaction in exercise of power within the prescribed period in the absence of statutory bar: Supreme Court

Supreme Court said that the Allahabad High Court committed a serious error in interpreting Rule 176(4) of Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules, 1952.