https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183196 A belated plea that a tenancy title was void under the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953 could not be raised for the first time in Letters Patent appeal because it would require further factual inquiry and would prejudice the other side; the request to lead additional evidence was also rejected. On construction of the statutory definition of "land", a composite tenancy substantially used for ghasni, orchard, open agricultural land and cultivation still qualified as land, even though small portions were used for residence, a road, a compound and related ancillary purposes. The respondent's claim to proprietary rights was therefore sustained. en-us Thu, 26 Jul 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:14:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183196 A belated plea that a tenancy title was void under the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953 could not be raised for the first time in Letters Patent appeal because it would require further factual inquiry and would prejudice the other side; the request to lead additional evidence was also rejected. On construction of the statutory definition of "land", a composite tenancy substantially used for ghasni, orchard, open agricultural land and cultivation still qualified as land, even though small portions were used for residence, a road, a compound and related ancillary purposes. The respondent's claim to proprietary rights was therefore sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 Jul 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183196