https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181475 A tenant's right to purchase land under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 becomes crystallised once the first instalment is deposited, because section 18(4) deems the tenant to have become owner at that stage. The relevant date for testing entitlement is when the purchase application is made and the statutory deposit is completed. A landlord's later death during appeal, and the resulting devolution of title, does not defeat rights already vested under the Act. Subsequent events may affect relief in some cases, but they cannot divest substantive rights that have accrued under a self-contained agrarian reform scheme. en-us Thu, 18 Sep 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:42:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181475 A tenant's right to purchase land under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 becomes crystallised once the first instalment is deposited, because section 18(4) deems the tenant to have become owner at that stage. The relevant date for testing entitlement is when the purchase application is made and the statutory deposit is completed. A landlord's later death during appeal, and the resulting devolution of title, does not defeat rights already vested under the Act. Subsequent events may affect relief in some cases, but they cannot divest substantive rights that have accrued under a self-contained agrarian reform scheme. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Sep 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181475