https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175573 A sanad must be construed with its surrounding circumstances and contemporaneous official records, not by the description of the subject-matter alone. Here, the land description did not establish a grant of the soil, particularly where the statutory context, alienation register, earlier documents, and long-accepted revenue practice showed that only land revenue was granted. On that footing, the watan was held to be a watan of land revenue only, so compensation under section 6(2) of the Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950 remained payable. The appeal failed and the decree for compensation in favour of the respondent was sustained. en-us Wed, 31 Mar 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:46:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175573 A sanad must be construed with its surrounding circumstances and contemporaneous official records, not by the description of the subject-matter alone. Here, the land description did not establish a grant of the soil, particularly where the statutory context, alienation register, earlier documents, and long-accepted revenue practice showed that only land revenue was granted. On that footing, the watan was held to be a watan of land revenue only, so compensation under section 6(2) of the Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950 remained payable. The appeal failed and the decree for compensation in favour of the respondent was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 31 Mar 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175573