Civil Courts Cannot Decide Disputes on Right to Possess Land Under Agrarian Land Reforms Act: Jammu and Kashmir High Court

In a recent judgment, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the decision of the lower courts dismissing a civil suit concerning land possession, ruling that such matters fall strictly under the jurisdiction of Revenue Officers appointed under the Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976. The Court made it clear that civil courts are barred from adjudicating disputes when they pertain to the right of possession over land governed…