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Years

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Years, must be interpreted in the sense of agricultural seasons, Sobhatiya v. Seth Bhugwandas, (1952) NLJ 168.

The word 'years' in the plural has been retained in the Act by mistake or oversight and it should be read in the singular, Bhairendra Narayan Bhup v. State of Assam, 1956 SCR 303: AIR 1956 SC 503 (512). [Assam State Acquisition of Zamindari's Act (18 of 1951), s. 11]

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