Sayar Devi D/O Shri Hanuman Jat, W/O Shri Kailash Choudhary, v. Hanuman S/O Late Shri Harbaksh
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Rajasthan dismissed a writ petition challenging the acquisition of the appellant's de facto agrarian land rights acquired by her father-in-law under Section 8 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act. The Court held that as the rights were acquired by an outsider after the 1956 Act, they are not family property, and no writ remedy exists against the acquisition order.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed. The order of acquisition passed against the Appellant by Respondent No. 3 is allowed to stand in limbo.