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Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954

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Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 Punjab State Laws
 

List of Judgements

Ismailbhai I. Kansara (D) through LRS. Vs. State of Gujarat

Judgement Date : july/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 276 SC

RAMESH PARSRAM MALANI vs. STATE OF TELANGANA

Judgement Date : october/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 1019 SC

Headnote :

A. Under the Displaced Persons (Compensation & Rehabilitation) Act of 1954, specifically Sections 8 and 17, and the Displaced Persons (Compensation & Rehabilitation) Rules of 1955, Rule 51, the legality of land allotment to displaced persons is addressed. The land that is part of the compens...

Mahendra Pratap Dubey Vs. Managing Officer, Evacuee Property

Judgement Date : november/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 848 SC

Sonvir @ Somvir Vs. The State of NCT of Delhi [JULY 02, 2018]

Judgement Date : july/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 417 SC

Lt. Governor of Delhi & Ors. Vs. Matwal Chand (D) Thr. LRs. [SEPTEMBER 04, 2015]

Judgement Date : september/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 586 SC

Saraswati Devi (D) By LR. Vs. Delhi Devt. Authority & Ors. [January 29, 2013]

Judgement Date : january/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 91 SC

Hans Raj Banga Vs. Ram Chander Aggarwal [2005] INSC 293 (29 April 2005)

Judgement Date : april/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 293 SC

Commissioner of Income Tax, Lucknow Vs. Bazpur Co-Operative Sugar Factory Ltd. [1988] INSC 152 (6 May 1988)

Judgement Date : may/1988, Citation : 1988 Latest Caselaw 152 SC

Headnote :

Civil Appeal No. 563 of 1975 was filed in the Court challenging the Judgment of the High Court regarding an Income-tax Reference.The respondent, a registered co-operative Society engaged in the manufacture and sale of sugar, had created a fund known as the \"Loss Equalisation and Capital Redemption...

Pala Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors [1987] INSC 183 (22 July 1987)

Judgement Date : july/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 182 SC

Headnote :

All surplus lands in the Central Government\'s compensation pool, along with any excess areas occupied by allottees, were transferred to the Punjab Government as part of a package deal effective April 1, 1961.In October 1961, the Managing Officer of the Rehabilitation Department discovered that the...

Gram Panchayat of Village, Jamalpur Vs. Malwinder Singh & Ors [1985] INSC 151 (9 July 1985)

Judgement Date : july/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

Headnote :

Before the partition of India, the Shamlat-deh lands in Punjab were owned by the landowners of other village lands in proportion to their ownership of those lands, as per the \"Hasab Rasad Khewat\" system. Consequently, individuals without any other land in the village had no proprietary rights or i...

Haji Siddik Haji Umar & Ors Vs. Union of India [1983] INSC 5 (18 January 1983)

Judgement Date : january/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

Headnote :

Subsection (2A) of Section 8 of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, stipulates that any property that was considered to have vested as evacuee property in any individual exercising the powers of Custodian in any State, under any law that has been repealed by this Act, shall be regarded...

General Govt. Servants Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. Vs. Wahab Uddin & Ors [1981] INSC 52 (2 March 1981)

Judgement Date : march/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 52 SC

Headnote :

The disputed land was originally owned by an individual who migrated to Pakistan. After obtaining lessee rights to the land under section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act of 1954, the Central Government auctioned these rights. The first respondent purchased a plot of...

Hoshnak Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors [1979] INSC 55 (27 February 1979)

Judgement Date : february/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 55 SC

Headnote :

A portion of the land assigned to the appellant on a quasi-permanent basis as a displaced individual from West Pakistan was taken over by the Government. While the issue of compensation for the acquired land was still unresolved, the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act of 1954 wa...

Mohinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Ors [1977] INSC 147 (26 July 1977)

Judgement Date : july/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 147 SC

Headnote :

The appellant sought the allocation of specific urban agricultural land that was part of the evacuee agricultural land acquired under section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation & Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. He approached the relevant authority to have the land transferred to him in accordance...

Sunder Dass Vs. Ram Prakash [1977] INSC 66 (24 February 1977)

Judgement Date : february/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 66 SC

Headnote :

The appellant purchased in a public auction a building which was evacuee property. Before the sale certificate was made out in favour of the appellant, the-possession of the building was handed over to him. He in turn let out a shop in the said building to the respondent. The appellant filed a suit...

Mohd. Faisuddin Khan Vs. Govt. of India & Ors [1975] INSC 290 (25 November 1975)

Judgement Date : november/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 288 SC

Headnote :

When a notification is issued under section 12(1) of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, section 12(2) states that the evacuee\'s rights, title, and interest in the evacuee property are extinguished, and the property is transferred entirely to the Central Government, f...

Joint Secretary To The Government of India & Ors Vs. Khillu Ram & ANR [1975] INSC 247 (6 October 1975)

Judgement Date : october/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 245 SC

Headnote :

Rule 30 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Rules, 1955, states that when a property is occupied by multiple individuals, it should be allocated to the person with the highest gross compensation.In this case, a specific property was assigned to the first respondent under this...

Bishambar Nath Kohli & Ors Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors [1965] INSC 210 (11 October 1965)

Judgement Date : october/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 210 SC

Headnote :

According to Section 6 of Ordinance 12 of 1949, the Deputy Custodian of Evacuee designated certain properties as evacuee property in October 1949. No claims were made in response to this notification, and the Central Government subsequently acquired the property under the Displaced Persons (Compensa...

State of Punjab Vs. Suraj Parkash Kapur [1961] INSC 217 (4 May 1961)

Judgement Date : may/1961, Citation : 1961 Latest Caselaw 217 SC

Headnote :

The respondents, a joint Hindu family and evacuees from Pakistan, were assigned specific lands by the Custodian of Evacuee Property. Following a notification from the State Government under section 14 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, a draft sche...

Dr. Zafar Ali Shah & Ors Vs. The Assistant Custodian of Evacuee Property, Jhansi [1961] INSC 133 (4 April 1961)

Judgement Date : april/1961, Citation : 1961 Latest Caselaw 133 SC

Headnote :

The Custodian of evacuee properties issued a declaration stating that two houses were classified as evacuee properties. A notice under section 7 of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, which initiated the proceedings leading to this declaration, was served to two individuals identified...

Major Gopal Singh & Ors Vs. Custodian, Evacuee Property, Punjab [1961] INSC 99 (15 March 1961)

Judgement Date : march/1961, Citation : 1961 Latest Caselaw 99 SC

Headnote :

The appellants, who are displaced individuals from West Pakistan, received quasi-permanent land allotments in the village of Raikot in 1949. On October 31, 1952, the Assistant Custodian revoked the allotments of 14 individuals in the village of Karodian and also cancelled the appellants\' allotment...

Amarsingh Vs. Custodian, Evacuee Property, Punjab [1957] INSC 27 (29 March 1957)

Judgement Date : march/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 27 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners, who were displaced individuals from Pakistan and owned land there, were also co-owners of a joint khata held by some evacuees in a suburban village in East Punjab.Initially, they were temporarily assigned agricultural land in that village following their displacement.Later, due to a...