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Janmam, The exclusive right to, and hereditary possession of the soil in Malabar is denoted by the term jenmam which means birthright and the holder thereof is known as jenmi, jenmakaran or mutalalan. 'Janmam' thus, maybe described as a hereditary proprietorship. It is the freehold interesting the property in Kerala. A janmam interest may, therefore, be described as proprietary interest of a landlord in lands, and such a Janmam right is described as 'estate' in the Constitution, Balmadies Plantations Ltd. v. State of Tamil Nadu, AIR 1972 SC 2240 (2244): (1972) 3 SCC 133: (1973) 1 SCR 258. [Constitution of India, Art. 31A (2)(a)(i)]...
Janmam rights
Janmam rights, Janman rights in the States of Madras and Kerala are rights of hereditary proprietorship in land. These rights, like the rights created by grant of jagir or inam relating to land which included agricultural lands or waste lands or forests and hills are brought within the definition of the word 'estate', and are liable to be acquired by the State under art. 31A(1)(a), State of Kerala v. Gwalior Rayon Silk Manufacturing (Wvg.) Co. Ltd., AIR 1973 SC 2734 (2742): (1973) 2 SCC 713: (1974) 1 SCR 671. Constitution of India Art. 31A(2)(a)(i)....
Estate
Estate [fr. status, Lat.; etat, Fr.], the condition and circumstance in which an owner stands with regard to his property. The word is used in several senses and may denote either an estate in land; or an estate in property other than land; a legal estate or an equitable estate, land being an immovable is capable of being the subject of many estates existing concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged, each of the holders of these estates having a good legal or equitable estate at the same time; again, estates may be in possession, or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard to land, the word is used to denote the quantity of interest, e.g., estate in fee simple, for life, for years, etc., in either legal or equitable estates. In practice its most important division is into real estate and personal estate, altho...
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