https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292902 Upon sovereign acquisition of territory, municipal courts may enforce only those rights the new sovereign has recognised; pre-cession proprietary rights do not by themselves create enforceable municipal claims against the sovereign. The agreement was treated as conferring full administrative and sovereign powers on the British Government, so its refusal to recognise the plaintiffs' asserted land titles was not justiciable in municipal litigation. The claim to enforce the earlier title therefore failed, the suit was held not maintainable in municipal courts, and the decree in favour of the respondents was set aside with the suit dismissed with costs. en-us Mon, 28 Apr 1941 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:44:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292902 Upon sovereign acquisition of territory, municipal courts may enforce only those rights the new sovereign has recognised; pre-cession proprietary rights do not by themselves create enforceable municipal claims against the sovereign. The agreement was treated as conferring full administrative and sovereign powers on the British Government, so its refusal to recognise the plaintiffs' asserted land titles was not justiciable in municipal litigation. The claim to enforce the earlier title therefore failed, the suit was held not maintainable in municipal courts, and the decree in favour of the respondents was set aside with the suit dismissed with costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 28 Apr 1941 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292902