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'Deeper Irony:' SC On Resolving A Controversy Arising Out Of Land Rights Conferred By Colonial Powers

The SC said it would be far-fetched to infer that orders of the collector or the actions of the respondents were actuated by mala fides

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas filed by descendants of original Alvara landholders in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, challenging the collector’s order for rescinding the grants of parcels of land.

The judgment was delivered by a bench comprising justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and N Kotiswar Singh. The bench, in its 79-page judgment, said what is perhaps most striking about the instant case is that this court is called upon to adjudicate a dispute originating over half a

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