Regularisation of SC/ST Occupants’ Houses in Shamli Land Dispute Upheld, Owners’ Appeal Dismissed: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India delivered an important judgment concerning land rights and statutory protection granted to marginalized communities under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. The Court dismissed a civil appeal filed by the legal heirs of Ram Narain and upheld the regularisation of land occupied by members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. The Bench comprising Justice S.V.N. Bhatti…