https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281026 The Special Tribunal and Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 were held competent to examine a plea of adverse possession when deciding whether possession is lawful or amounts to land grabbing. The Act was treated as a self-contained code conferring wide civil and criminal jurisdiction, and its scheme on cognizance, procedure, burden of proof, legal fiction and non-obstante effect was read to permit determination of title, ownership and lawful possession. The earlier view excluding adverse possession was rejected, and the broader view recognising such jurisdiction was affirmed. en-us Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 31 May 2019 15:49:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281026 The Special Tribunal and Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 were held competent to examine a plea of adverse possession when deciding whether possession is lawful or amounts to land grabbing. The Act was treated as a self-contained code conferring wide civil and criminal jurisdiction, and its scheme on cognizance, procedure, burden of proof, legal fiction and non-obstante effect was read to permit determination of title, ownership and lawful possession. The earlier view excluding adverse possession was rejected, and the broader view recognising such jurisdiction was affirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281026