Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Mar-19-1969
Reported in : AIR1970P& H93
Mehar Singh, C.J. 1. On the death of Harnam Das, his land, situate in village Barod, in Tehsil Jind of Sangrur District, was mutated one-half in the name of his widow Subhagan, respondent 1, and the other half in the name of his son, Ranjit Singh. The total area of the land was 142 Bighas and 17 Biswas. So half of that, that is to say, a few Biswas over 71 Bighas was mutated in the name of Ranjit Singh. No partition had taken place between the mother and the son. On February 16, 1949, Ranjit Singh sold 65 Bighas and 8 Biswas of land, out of the total holding of 142 Bighas and 17 Biswas, to Ajit Singh appellant by a registered sale deed. The area sold was both irrigated, whether by canal or well, and unirrigated. Ranjit Singh said in the sale deed that he was the sole owner of the whole land, but because of the Ruler's circular in the former Jind State with regard to the rights of widows in Hindu families, half of the land from the inheritance of his father had been mutated in the name ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Apr-28-1969
Reported in : AIR1970P& H379
1. This is a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by four petitioners, namely, Mr. Jai Singh Rathi, Mr. Mahant Ganga Sagar, Mr. Ganpat Ram and Mr. Fateh Chand Vij, Petitioners 1 to 4, all members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, for a writ, order or direction to quash the proceedings of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha of February 5, 1969 during the course of which the petitioners were suspended for the remainder of the session of the Legislative Assembly, and for quashing all the subsequent proceedings of the Legislative Assembly leading to the passage of the appropriation bill for the year 1969-70 on February 12, 1969. The respondents to the petition are the State of Haryana, Mr. Bansi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr. Ran Singh, Mr. Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, Secretary of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, and Smt. Chandra Vati and Mr. Banarsi pass Gupta, members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, respondents 1 to 6.2. There was a mid-term poll In Haryana...
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