Smt. Shyamo Devi vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh Thr. ...

insc-2024-430 Supreme Court of India 16 May 2024 • CIVIL APPEAL NO.5539 OF 2012 • 13 min read

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Case Significance

Smt. Shyamo Devi vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh Thr. ... is a Supreme Court of India decision dated May 16, 2024 (citation: insc-2024-430). Poor rustic villagers challenged the cancellation of land pattas allotted under Section 122-C of the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, where the allotments were made in 1994 and the allottees had constructed residential houses. The Supreme Court found that the cancellation proceedings lacked foundational facts to establish fraud and that the show cause notices were defective. The appeal was allowed, setting aside the cancellation orders, noting that unsettling the poor houseless al The bench comprised Justices Aravind Kumar and C.T. Ravikumar. The judgment was delivered by Justice Aravind Kumar.

Summary

Poor rustic villagers challenged the cancellation of land pattas allotted under Section 122-C of the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, where the allotments were made in 1994 and the allottees had constructed residential houses. The Supreme Court found that the cancellation proceedings lacked foundational facts to establish fraud and that the show cause notices were defective. The appeal was allowed, setting aside the cancellation orders, noting that unsettling the poor houseless allottees after decades would heap injustice upon them.

What was the outcome of Smt. Shyamo Devi vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh Thr. ...?

Poor rustic villagers challenged the cancellation of land pattas allotted under Section 122-C of the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, where the allotments were made in 1994 and the allotte...

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Source: Indian Kanoon (insc-2024-430)