State Cannot Summarily Cancel Longstanding Jamabandi; Civil Suit Is the Only Remedy: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court delivered an important judgment protecting the rights of a landholder by holding that the State cannot cancel a longstanding jamabandi through summary proceedings. Justice Sourendra Pandey passed the order while deciding a writ petition filed by Krishna Kumar Goenka against the State of Bihar. The dispute arose after government authorities stopped issuing rent receipts for land on which rent had been regularly accepted for nearly 60…
