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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Mutation and revenue records

72 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count, and criminal cases are not listed under this subject.

Makardhwaj Ram vs Jagdish Rai (Dead) Th. Lrs. & Anr.
SC · 11 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 240 : 2026 INSC 636
Whether the earlier proceedings provided opportunity enough for the plaintiff by being substantially similar, to raise the point of his ownership of the suit properties by virtue of the 1960 sale deed when the main groun…
Sahil Abdulsattar Mansuri & Ors. vs Safimahamad Fafirbhai Mansuri & Ors.
SC · 4 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 67 : 2026 INSC 626
Matter pertains to inordinate delay of nearly two decades in the investigation of the criminal complaint.
Parvathi Nairthi (Dead) and Ors. vs Laxmi Nairthy (Dead) Through Lrs. and Ors.
SC · 21 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 521 : 2026 INSC 521
Whether there are sufficient grounds that warrant interference with the concurrent findings of the facts of all the Courts upholding validity of the Will.
Suvej Singh vs Ram Naresh and Ors.
SC · 9 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 584 : 2025 INSC 1405
Whether the High Court misinterpreted the import of s.30, Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 and erred in remanding the matter back for consideration afresh after affording due opportunity of hearing to all concerned.
Samiullah vs The State of Bihar & Ors.
SC · 7 November 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 448 : 2025 INSC 1292
Issue arose as regard the sub-rules (xvii) and (xviii) to r.19 of the Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 empowering registering authorities to refuse registration of documents, if proof of mutation of the property under sale…
Rohan Vijay Nahar & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 7 November 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 500 : 2025 INSC 1296
Matter pertains to sustainability of the order passed by the High Court in batch of writ petitions wherein the landholders questioned the legality of revenue annotations and mutation entries that described their lands as…
Dharmrao Sharanappa Shabadi and Others vs Syeda Arifa Parveen
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2025 INSC 1187
Whether the impugned judgments suffer from perversity and misreading of evidence, warranting re-appreciation of evidence under Article 136 of the Constitution of India; whether the High Court is correct in reversing the…
Chowdamma (D) by LR and Another vs Venkatappa (D) by LRs and Another
SC · 25 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1532 : 2025 INSC 1038
Issue arose whether the respondents succeeded in establishing a valid marital relationship between their mother and the deceased primarily on the basis of the oral testimony of P.W.2; and whether the relationship between…
Tejinder Singh vs Govinder Singh and Another
HP HC · 8 July 2025
The petitioner, Tejinder Singh, filed a criminal revision before the Himachal Pradesh High Court challenging the judgment dated 30.11.2021 passed by the learned Sessions Judge (Forests), Shimla, which had upheld the judg…
In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands vs -
SC · 22 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1480 : 2025 INSC 754
Issue pertains to the status of Zudpi Jungle or Zudpi Forest in the six districts of State of Maharashtra; and whether the recommendations made by the CEC in its 2025 Report should be accepted or not.
In Re: Construction of Multi Storeyed Buildings in Forest Land Maharashtra vs -
SC · 15 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1382 : 2025 INSC 701
Issue arose whether the subject land is a Forest Land; whether the Divisional Commissioner was justified in recommending the allotment of subject land in favour of C family and as to whether the State Government was just…
Mahnoor Fatima Imran & Ors. vs M/s Visweswara Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 7 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2515 : 2025 INSC 646
1. Whether an unregistered sale agreement can confer valid title or ownership of immovable property. 2. Whether a High Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 can direct dispossession of a party without proof of…
Sri Prasanta Kumar Pal & Ors. vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 8 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2606 : 2025 INSC 783
Whether the observation of the Revenue Officer, as prima facie accepted by the High Court that the transaction of gift deed dated 07.12.1967 was a Benami transaction is totally erroneous as the amendment (2nd and 3rd Ame…
M/s A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation vs The Tahsildar & Ors. Etc.
SC · 27 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1625 : 2025 INSC 274
Whether in the instant case, single Judge of the High Court was right in holding that the appellant herein is entitled to get the benefit of s.3 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999. Whether the Di…
Mukesh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1210 : 2024 INSC 1026
Whether the High Court was right in holding that the compromise decree in favor of the appellant needed registration and stamp duty was also required to be paid for mutation of the subject land.
The State of Haryana & Anr. vs Amin Lal (Since Deceased) Through His Lrs & Ors.
SC · 19 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1257 : 2024 INSC 875
Respondents/Plaintiffs had filed a suit for possession of the suit property against the Appellants/Defendants, i.e. State of Haryana and Public Works Department. The Trial Court decreed the suit in favour of the Responde…
In Re: Manoj Tibrewal Akash vs Abc
SC · 6 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 2348 : 2024 INSC 863
Supreme Court laid down guidelines that State authorities must adhere to while removing illegal encroachments in relation to road widening projects.
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority vs Darshan Lal Bohra & Ors.
SC · 10 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1001 : 2024 INSC 508
(i) Whether the respondents-landowners forestalled their right to challenge the acquisition proceeding on the ground of non-compliance of Section 5A, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 because they have not filed objections; or…
Duni Chand vs Vikram Singh and Others
SC · 10 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1202 : 2024 INSC 516
Whether the High Court erred in extending the benefit of Section 41 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, to the defendants despite the lack of specific pleadings, and no evidence to show consent of interested persons.
The State of Punjab and Ors. vs Bhagwantpal Singh Alias Bhagwant Singh
SC · 10 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 2434 : 2024 INSC 518
Whether the suit for possession filed by the respondents was barred by limitation; whether the burden of proof of ownership would lie on the person challenging the ownership of the person in possession; whether the conti…
Har Narayan Tewari (D) Thr. Lrs. vs Cantonment Board, Ramgarh Cantonment & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 29 : 2024 INSC 467
Whether the present suit (claiming title and possession over the suit land) as filed by the plaintiff-appellant was barred under Section 11 CPC on principle of res judicata inasmuch as there was no adjudication of the ri…
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 16 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 723 : 2024 INSC 426
Interlocutory applications preferred by the applicant being aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents in deciding the application filed by the applicant seeking permission to construct a health/eco-resort on the subje…
Chandesh vs Naresh
MP HC · 3 May 2024
The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 19.01.2024 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Sagar Division, allowing an appeal preferred by Respondent…
The Tehsildar, Urban Improvement Trust and Anr. vs Ganga Bai Menariya (Dead) Through Lrs. and Others
SC · 20 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 650 : 2024 INSC 121
Civil Appeal No. 722 of 2012 The respondents-plaintiffs claimed that they had been granted patta (lease) of the land by Gram Panchayat in the year 1959 and on the basis thereof, they were continuing in possession. Howeve…
In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union of India and Others
SC · 24 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 704 : 2024 INSC 59
Matter pertains to criteria issued for the identification of private ‘forest’ land in the State of Goa.
Additional Tahsildar & Anr. vs Urmila G. & Ors.
SC · 30 November 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 1090 : 2023 INSC 1044
Whether the Lok Ayukta has jurisdiction to issue positive directions for correction of revenue records. Kerela Lok Ayukta Act, 1999 – s. 12 – Reports of Lok Ayukta – Jurisdiction of Lokayukta – Directions by Upa-Lokayukt…
P. Kishore Kumar vs Vittal K. Patkar
SC · 20 November 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 796 : 2023 INSC 1009
The plaintiff’s vendor applied u/s. 9A of the Mysore (Personal & Miscellaneous) Inam Abolition Act, 1954 and sought occupancy rights in respect of 15 acres of Sy. No. 3. According to the plaintiff, the claim of the plain…
Lajja Ram & Ors. vs Rati Chand & Ors. etc
SC · 9 November 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 1525 : 2023 INSC 1091
Nature and extent of a bhondedar’s right over a shamlatdeh property (land reserved & used for common purpose in villages) and whether the bhondedar can exercise ownership rights over the granted land.
Case Details Urban Improvement Trust, Bikaner vs Gordhan Dass (D) through Lrs. & Others
SC · 19 October 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 520 : 2023 INSC 935
Whether land acquisition proceedings can be declared null and void for failure to give notice u/s.52(2) of the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959 to the owners who had purchased the land two years earlier through regi…
Case Details State of West Bengal and Another vs M/s. Chiranjilal (Mineral) Industries of Bagandih and Another
SC · 12 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 277 : 2023 INSC 824
Intra-court appeal preferred by the State of West Bengal before the High Court was dismissed with the direction to the Appellant No. 2 – Joint Secretary, Department of Industries, Commerce and Enterprises, West Bengal or…

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