https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175594 The Supreme Court construed "buildings" in section 5(a) of the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Act, 1950 according to its ordinary meaning in the statutory setting. Although section 4(1)(a) vested village bazar land in the State, section 5(a) preserved buildings within a village site belonging to the outgoing proprietor and required settlement of the land beneath them and the appurtenant area. The term was held not to be limited to roofed structures, because the legislative scheme indicated an intention to retain proprietary structures erected within the village site with their associated land. Uncovered ottas and chabutras were therefore treated as buildings for this purpose, and the occupied land and appurtenant area were required to be settled with the ex-proprietor. en-us Fri, 06 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175594 The Supreme Court construed "buildings" in section 5(a) of the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Act, 1950 according to its ordinary meaning in the statutory setting. Although section 4(1)(a) vested village bazar land in the State, section 5(a) preserved buildings within a village site belonging to the outgoing proprietor and required settlement of the land beneath them and the appurtenant area. The term was held not to be limited to roofed structures, because the legislative scheme indicated an intention to retain proprietary structures erected within the village site with their associated land. Uncovered ottas and chabutras were therefore treated as buildings for this purpose, and the occupied land and appurtenant area were required to be settled with the ex-proprietor. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Apr 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175594