https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292835 Whether a village was an inam estate under the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act turned on the legal character of the operative deeds, not on surrounding history. The Court stated that a bilateral lease with covenants for quiet enjoyment, rent, and re-entry is not, by itself, a grant in inam or a transfer of land revenue to a non-kudiwaram holder. The 1796 deed was treated as a lease, and the 1914 renewal remained an ordinary lease; later conduct, register entries, and proceedings could not override the deed's legal effect. The Tribunal's contrary approach was based on legal error, justifying certiorari interference under Article 226. en-us Thu, 21 Jul 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:07:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292835 Whether a village was an inam estate under the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act turned on the legal character of the operative deeds, not on surrounding history. The Court stated that a bilateral lease with covenants for quiet enjoyment, rent, and re-entry is not, by itself, a grant in inam or a transfer of land revenue to a non-kudiwaram holder. The 1796 deed was treated as a lease, and the 1914 renewal remained an ordinary lease; later conduct, register entries, and proceedings could not override the deed's legal effect. The Tribunal's contrary approach was based on legal error, justifying certiorari interference under Article 226. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 21 Jul 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292835