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Sri Prasanta Kumar Pal & Ors v. The State of West Bengal & Ors

West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
8 Apr 2025
Citation
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2606
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 5078/2025
Bench
Rajesh Bindal, N Kotiswar Singh

Issue for consideration

Whether the observation of the Revenue Officer, as prima facie accepted by the High Court that the transaction of gift deed dated 07.12.1967 was a Benami transaction is totally erroneous as the amendment (2nd and 3rd Amendment in the West Bengal Land into effect almost two decades after registered gift deed was executed.

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