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Govindappa Gounder @ Govindasamy (Dead) v. K. Vijayakumar and Ors.

Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 – s.3(2)(b)

Disposed of
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
10 Sep 2025
Citation
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1229
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7464/2011
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, Sandeep Mehta

Issue for consideration

Whether there is any cogent material or evidence to indicate that the appellants had indulged in cutting of trees or its branches or digging up the land and thereby causing substantial damage so as to bring the case within the ambit of s.3(2)(b), Tamil Protection Act, 1955.

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