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Judicial Academy Jharkhand HANDBOOK ON LAND LAW 1. Land Law: C.N.T., S.P.T., B.L.R. Act 2. Wilkinson Rule: A Critical View 3. Customary Laws of Inheritance among Tribals – A Case for Gender Equality 4. Deconstructing the Exercise of Private Rights over Forest Lands 5. Analysis of Culpability for Oences Related to Forest Land vis-à-vis Special Acts and the Indian Penal Code JUDICIAL ACADEMY JHARKHAND RANCHI HANDBOOK ON LAND LAW 1. Land Law: C.N.T., S.P.T., B.L.R. Act 2. Wilkinson Rule: A Critical View 3. Customary Laws of Inheritance among Tribals – A Case for Gender Equality 4. Deconstructing the Exercise of Private Rights over Forest Lands 5. Analysis of Culpability for Offences Related to Forest Land vis- à-vis Special Acts and the Indian Penal Code. Judicial Academy Jharkhand Ranchi ii INDEX 1. LAND LAW : C.N.T., S.P.T., B.L.R., ACT .................................................................................... 1-96 a. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................3-14 b. Main Provisions of C.N.T. Act .....................................................................................................15-43 c. Main Provisions of S.P.T. (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1949 .............................44-77 d. Main Provisions of B.L.R. Act ....................................................................................................78-87 e. Glossary .............................................................................................................................................88-90 f. Appendix - I — Continuous Khatian (Form No. 1) ..........................................................91-92 g. Appendix - II — Tenants Ledger (Form No. 2) ..................................................................93-96 2. WILKINSON RULE A CRITICAL VIEW Sri P.K. Srivastava, Principal District & Sessions Judge, Chaibasa, 9th March, 2015 .................................... 97-123 3. Customary law of inheritanCe among tribals- A case FOR GENDER EQUALITY Isha Anupriya, Abhijeet Tushar Research Scholars, Judicial Academy Jharkhand .............................................................124-145 4. DECONSTRUCTING THE EXERCISE OF PRIVATE RIGHTS OVER FOREST LANDS .......................................................................................146-152 5. ANALYSIS OF CULPABILITY FOR OFFENCES RELATED TO FORESt lanD Vis-À-Vis sPeCial aCTS anD THE INDIAN PENAL CODE ...............................................................................................153-166 iii 5. List OF IMportant AUTHORITIES ...............................................................................167-370 a. 2014 (1) JCR 342 (Jhar.) The State of Jharkhand Vs. Taurian Infrastructure Mutation order can be passed only on the basis of possession – Title not to be determined. ................................................................................................. 169-176 b. 2009 (4) JLJR 106 Mahadeo Oraon Vs. State of Bihar Unregistered hukumnama is not admissible and cannot be considered as a deed of gift. ............................................................................................... 177-180 c. 2008 (4) JCR 429 Mahabir Kansi Vs. State of Jharkhand Jamabandi based on forged sada hukumnama is illegal and liable to be cancelled. ............................................................................................................. 181-183 d. 2008 (3) JCR 639 (Jhar.) Dineshwar Prasad Vs. State of Jharkhand Long running jamabandi cannot be cancelled except by a decree or order of competent court. .............................................................................. 184-187 e. 2009 (2) JCR 153 (Jhar.) Jagdeo Mahto Vs. Commissioner, North Chotanagpur Jamabandi can be cancelled when the order is passed by an authority not having authority or jurisdiction to pass such an order. .................................................................................................................. 188-195 f. 2013 (4) JCR 692 Jagjivan Singh Vs. State of Bihar Section 71(A) and 46 of C.N.T. Act – Merely because a settlement is made within one year of surrender, it would not necessarily mean that surrender and settlement would form part of the same transaction. ............................................................................................................ 196-203 g. 2008 (14) SCC 774 Fulchand Munda Vs. State of Bihar No limitation provided under section 71(A) but the same must be exercised within a reasonable time. .............................................................. 204-209 h. 2013 (2) JCR 691 (Jhar.) Bheem Singh Munda Vs. State of Jharkhand Scope of Sections 87, 254 and 251 with respect to the entry relating to Mundari Khuntkattidar. ..................................................................... 210-213 iv i. 1997 (5) SCC 112 Baleshwar Tiwari Vs. Sheo Jatan Tiwari Meaning of the word khas possession in sections 6(1) and 2 (K) of the B.L.R. Act ............................................................................................................ 214-221 j. AIR 1962 SC 50 State of Bihar Vs. Umesh Jha The construction of section 4(h) of B.L.R. Act. ............................................................ 222-225 k. 2002 (9) SCC 677 State of Bihar Vs. Sharda Prasad Rai Scope of Section 4(g) and (h) of B.L.R. Act. ................................................................. 226-228 l. 2010 (2) JLJR 392 Sharmistha Sinha Vs. State of Jharkhand Section 71(A) C.N.T. Act – Restoration of chhaparbandi land ............................................................................................................. 229-234 m. 1978 (0) AIR SC 312 Korin @ Etwari Devi Vs. India Cable Company Ltd. Protection against ejectment to tenant who had become a “Korkar” raiyats. ................................................................................................. 235-237 o. AIR 1987 (Pat.) 167 Paritosh Maity Vs. Ghashi Ram Maity Mainability of Civil Suit for declaration of title and entries in revenue records. ................................................................................................. 238-248 confirmation of possession challenging p. 1976(2) SCC152 Guru Charan Singh Vs Kamla Singh The purport of “vesting” in B.L.R. Act ............................................................................ 249-263 q. 2004 (1) J.C.R. 407 Jamhir Ansari Vs. Ketna Organ Abandonment and Settlement of Land ........................................................................... 264-272 r. AIR 2000 (Patna) 101 Mora Ho Vs. State of Bihar Validity of Wilkinson Rule .................................................................................................... 273-298 s. 2018 SCC Online Jhar 1903 Haradhan Murmu, son of late Nandlal Murmu and ors. Versus The State of Jharkhand and ors. Inheritance Rights of ghar-jamai ...................................................................................... 299-313 v t. 2013 4 JLJR 18 Narayan Soren & Ors. Versus Ranjan Murmu & Ors. Widow’s right to adopt .......................................................................................................... 314-323 u. 2018 1 JLJR 112 Anath Bandhu Mandal & Ors. Versus The State of Bihar & Ors. Basauri Land - Creation of basauri tenancies .............................................................. 324-328 v. 2018 4 JLJR 670 Amitav Kumar Versus The State of Jharkhand & Ors. Settlement of a land under the SPT Act in a village in favour of a person who is not the resident of the village ........................................................... 329-340 w. (1996) 5 SCC 125 Madhu Kishwar & Ors. versus State of Bihar & Ors. Neither the Hindu Succession Act, nor the Indian Succession Act, non win the Shariat law is application to the custom governed tribals. The exclusive right of male succession conceived of in Sections 7 and 8 of the CNT Act has to remain in suspended animation so long as the right of livelihood of the female descendants of the last male holder remains valid and in vogue ................................................................................................. 341-370 vi LAND LAW : C.N.T., S.P.T., B.L.R., ACT LAND LAW : C.N.T., S.P.T., B.L.R., ACT “Just like in heaven, everybody wants a piece of land” ...John Steinbeck a. INTRODUCTION Land is at the root of many a litigation both civil and criminal in the Subordinate Courts. The core of civil litigation in the subordinate courts is related to the land and different types of rights associated with it. Suits of different nature like declaratory suit for title over the land on the basis of adverse possession have all their genesis in land disputes. title based on inheritance, or partition, specific performance of contract for sale, claim of Trial Courts as well as first appellate courts, being courts of fact have to arrive at a clear findingAny of prooffacts ofin factsuch within cases. the meaning of Section 3 of the Evidence Act is to be based on the matters before the court in a particular case which includes both oral and documentary evidence. evidence under Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Evidence Act. To gain clear grip over the facts of In acivil case cases the documentaryability to read evidence and analyse assumes the greaterdocuments significance adduced as into it excludes evidence oral is of fundamental importance. The documents which usually come up for consideration in a civil case are land