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Supreme Court of India 2019-08-27 dismissed

Chandrakant Baban Motkari & Ors vs Gotiram Laxman Motkari (D) by Lrs. & Ors

Bench: 2 — 2

In Brief

Two families of deceased brothers clashed over leased agricultural land in a succession dispute. One party relied on a registered Agreement to Sell, which was never completed into a sale deed. The trial court declined to pause the case and refer the tenancy question to the Mamlatdar (administrative officer). The Supreme Court upheld this refusal, holding that such technical tenancy issues should have been raised through proper statutory channels (challenging the Section 32M certificate directly), not through collateral lawsuits. A registered but incomplete agreement cannot bypass established legal procedures. The appeal was dismissed as without merit.

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Tenancy Law Agricultural Land Property Law Registered Agreement Succession Civil Procedure

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