https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296149 In a land acquisition reference, the court's jurisdiction is confined to the specific matter referred by the Collector and cannot be widened or narrowed by examining earlier objections before the Collector. The reference here concerned the claimant's asserted shikmi right and entitlement to compensation on that basis, so the court had to permit evidence on that dispute and decide it on the merits. Treating the claimant as having abandoned the shikmi claim by looking behind the reference exceeded the limited statutory jurisdiction. The disallowance of evidence was therefore without jurisdiction, and the matter was remitted for decision after both sides were allowed to adduce evidence. en-us Thu, 13 Oct 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:41:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296149 In a land acquisition reference, the court's jurisdiction is confined to the specific matter referred by the Collector and cannot be widened or narrowed by examining earlier objections before the Collector. The reference here concerned the claimant's asserted shikmi right and entitlement to compensation on that basis, so the court had to permit evidence on that dispute and decide it on the merits. Treating the claimant as having abandoned the shikmi claim by looking behind the reference exceeded the limited statutory jurisdiction. The disallowance of evidence was therefore without jurisdiction, and the matter was remitted for decision after both sides were allowed to adduce evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Oct 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296149