SARAFAT ALI (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS versus DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION HARIDWAR AND OTHERS

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the amended provision of ss.166 and 167 of the Abolition Act, brought into w.e.f. 03.06.1981, could retrospectively operate upon the sale deed of 1957 so as to render the transfer void and vest the subject land whether the Consolidation Authorities were competent to disregard the registered sale deed while adjudicating title under the provisions of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953; and whether the Consolidation Authorities and the High Court were justified in doubting the genuineness and due