https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313849 Land in a cantonment held on old grant terms is governed by the Government Grants Act, 1895, so the grant operates according to its own tenor and the Union may resume the land where the grant reserves that right. The respondents could not rely on ordinary landlord-tenant or ownership concepts to resist resumption, because the grant documents and admission certificate showed that only limited rights in the superstructure were accepted and the land remained subject to the Government's resumption power. Ordinary property law could not override the special regime governing Government grants; the Union's resumption claim therefore prevailed. en-us Tue, 06 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 03 May 2024 20:09:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313849 Land in a cantonment held on old grant terms is governed by the Government Grants Act, 1895, so the grant operates according to its own tenor and the Union may resume the land where the grant reserves that right. The respondents could not rely on ordinary landlord-tenant or ownership concepts to resist resumption, because the grant documents and admission certificate showed that only limited rights in the superstructure were accepted and the land remained subject to the Government's resumption power. Ordinary property law could not override the special regime governing Government grants; the Union's resumption claim therefore prevailed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313849