https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218312 Occupancy rights under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 are confined to tenants and cannot be claimed by joint owners or co-sharers in shamilat deh where Section 10 bars such claims. The phrase "any person" in Section 8 does not override the statutory scheme or remove the express restriction against joint owners acquiring occupancy rights in jointly owned land absent a contrary custom. The recorded position of the claimants as joint owners or co-sharers, rather than tenants, and the absence of any created tenancy, meant the Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act, 1952 and the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 did not extend proprietary benefit to them. en-us Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218312 Occupancy rights under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 are confined to tenants and cannot be claimed by joint owners or co-sharers in shamilat deh where Section 10 bars such claims. The phrase "any person" in Section 8 does not override the statutory scheme or remove the express restriction against joint owners acquiring occupancy rights in jointly owned land absent a contrary custom. The recorded position of the claimants as joint owners or co-sharers, rather than tenants, and the absence of any created tenancy, meant the Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act, 1952 and the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 did not extend proprietary benefit to them. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218312