https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189556 A suit for declaration of bhumidhari rights under the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 was not maintainable in civil court because section 185 read with Schedule I places such claims within the exclusive jurisdiction of the revenue court. The Court also held that the disputed property fell within the Act's wide inclusive definition of "land" under section 3(13), as it was used for growing fuel wood; the Act's own definition governed without borrowing meanings from other enactments. On that footing, the property was treated as land and validly vested in the Gaon Sabha, and the dismissal of the suit was upheld. en-us Thu, 27 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:54:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189556 A suit for declaration of bhumidhari rights under the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 was not maintainable in civil court because section 185 read with Schedule I places such claims within the exclusive jurisdiction of the revenue court. The Court also held that the disputed property fell within the Act's wide inclusive definition of "land" under section 3(13), as it was used for growing fuel wood; the Act's own definition governed without borrowing meanings from other enactments. On that footing, the property was treated as land and validly vested in the Gaon Sabha, and the dismissal of the suit was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189556