https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169469 An invalid but long-acted-upon governmental arrangement for land could still support a limited title where the possessor entered into open, continuous possession for a specified public purpose and made substantial improvements over decades. On those facts, the immunity from rent was treated as an integral incident of that title and as a specific limit on the Government's power to assess under section 8 of the Bombay City Land Revenue Act, 1876. The Court further recognised that the statutory limit could be nil, so total exemption from land revenue was legally possible on the footing of the arrangement and long possession. The Government's assessment claim therefore could not be revived. en-us Fri, 05 Oct 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:59:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169469 An invalid but long-acted-upon governmental arrangement for land could still support a limited title where the possessor entered into open, continuous possession for a specified public purpose and made substantial improvements over decades. On those facts, the immunity from rent was treated as an integral incident of that title and as a specific limit on the Government's power to assess under section 8 of the Bombay City Land Revenue Act, 1876. The Court further recognised that the statutory limit could be nil, so total exemption from land revenue was legally possible on the footing of the arrangement and long possession. The Government's assessment claim therefore could not be revived. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Oct 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169469