https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174547 Article 363 bars court jurisdiction over disputes arising from pre-Constitution treaties, agreements, covenants, engagements or sanads involving rulers of Indian States. Correspondence concerning the disputed articles is treated as an agreement within that provision, placing the ownership dispute outside judicial review. Estoppel, waiver and abandonment require conduct indicating voluntary relinquishment; prolonged non-assertion of ownership and temporary borrowing of items from State custody support waiver or abandonment. Disputed ownership facts requiring evidence are unsuitable for writ jurisdiction. The Government's rejection of the claim for private ownership is treated as not warranting quashing or arbitration, particularly where no prior declaration recognised the articles as private property. en-us Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174547 Article 363 bars court jurisdiction over disputes arising from pre-Constitution treaties, agreements, covenants, engagements or sanads involving rulers of Indian States. Correspondence concerning the disputed articles is treated as an agreement within that provision, placing the ownership dispute outside judicial review. Estoppel, waiver and abandonment require conduct indicating voluntary relinquishment; prolonged non-assertion of ownership and temporary borrowing of items from State custody support waiver or abandonment. Disputed ownership facts requiring evidence are unsuitable for writ jurisdiction. The Government's rejection of the claim for private ownership is treated as not warranting quashing or arbitration, particularly where no prior declaration recognised the articles as private property. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174547