https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199085 The Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 was held to have exclusive jurisdiction to decide alleged land grabbing, including ownership, title and lawful possession, and civil court jurisdiction was excluded for matters covered by the Act. The appellant failed to establish title by adverse possession because continuous, open and hostile possession for the statutory period, with animus possidendi, was not proved. On the evidence, the land was treated as Government land, the appellant had no lawful entitlement, and his occupation was unauthorised; he was therefore held to be a land grabber and the respondent's title and right to recover possession were upheld. en-us Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:30:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199085 The Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 was held to have exclusive jurisdiction to decide alleged land grabbing, including ownership, title and lawful possession, and civil court jurisdiction was excluded for matters covered by the Act. The appellant failed to establish title by adverse possession because continuous, open and hostile possession for the statutory period, with animus possidendi, was not proved. On the evidence, the land was treated as Government land, the appellant had no lawful entitlement, and his occupation was unauthorised; he was therefore held to be a land grabber and the respondent's title and right to recover possession were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199085