Supreme Court of India

Jamnabai v. Vasudev

Neutral citation
Bench Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 20 August 2026

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What the Court ordered

The impugned judgment cannot be sustained, and the appeal is allowed. The judgment and order dated 09.05.2025 passed by the High Court is set aside, and the judgment and decree dated 02.05.2019 passed by the first appellate court, affirming the judgment and decree dated 04.05.2016 passed by the trial court, stand restored.

Judgment, 30-31

In brief

Agricultural land (Survey No. 307, Village Kanadia, Indore) held by Bhagwansingh devolved on his two sons, Ramprasad and respondent No.1 Vasudev, and was mutated in their joint names. In 1990, on the strength of an affidavit and statement said to have been made by Ramprasad before the Naib Tehsildar, the Naib Tehsildar's order (Ex.D22) removed Ramprasad's name and recorded respondents Nos.1 and 2, and a further consent letter dated 17.06.1990 (Ex.D5) was also relied on as a relinquishment; Ramprasad died in 1992.…

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