NDLI: Jagmohan and Another Vs. Badri Nath and Others

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Pre-emption Exemption of pre-emption Agricultural land
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Act(s) Referred	Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963) Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900 (13 of 1900) General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 (1 of 1913)
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Dismissed
Headnote	Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 – ss. 16, 8(2), 3(1), (3) – Person in whom right of pre-emption vests in an urban immovable property – Tenants were in the property from the year 1949 onwards where the rolling mill had been set up – Property was an urban immovable property, located in a municipal area of Jagadhri – Owners of the property sold the property to the vendee by way of sale deed – Suit filed by the tenant exercising right of pre-emption of sale, claiming preferential right to purchase the property – Vendee’s case that pre-emption did not apply – Suit allowed by the courts below – Exemption of pre-emption as granted vide notification dated 08.10.1985, if available to the said property: Held: If the said notification is read with reference to the powers available with the State Government to grant exemption from pre-emption, it is evident that the same has been granted with reference to land only and not the immovable property – s. 8(2) uses two terms independently, clearly suggests that the land and the immovable property have different meanings – s. 15 also provides right of pre-emption in respect of agricultural land and village immovable property – Thus, the provisions of the 1913 Act, if read with the Scheme of the Act, makes it clear that the land and the immovable property are two different terms – Immovable property is more than the land on which certain construction has been made – As the notification limits its application for taking away the right of pre-emption only with reference to sale of land falling in the areas of any municipality, the same will not come to the rescue of the vendee – It is sale of immovable property, which is more than the land as a rolling mill had already been set up on the land, which was in occupation of the tenants – Also, the issue regarding limitation for filing of the suit is misconceived – Thus, orders of the courts below upheld. [Paras 14-19] Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 – s. 3(3) and 2(3) – Term ‘land’ and ‘immovable property’ – Distinction between: Held: Provisions of the 1913 Act, if read with the Scheme of the Act, it is clear that the land and the immovable property are two different terms – s. 8(2) uses two terms independently, clearly suggests that the land and the immovable property have different meanings – Immovable property is more than the land on which certain construction has been made – Definition of immovable property, in s. 3(26) of the 1897 Act, which includes land, means something more than the land. [Paras 15, 16] Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 – s. 3(1), (3) – Term ‘agricultural land’ and ‘urban immovable property’ – Definition of. [Para 12] Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900 – s. 2(3) – Term ‘land’ – Definition of. [Para 12] General Clauses Act, 1897 – s. 3(26) – Term ‘immovable property’ – Definition of. [Para 16]
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal
Neutral Citation	2024 INSC 86
Petitioner	Jagmohan And Another
Respondent	Badri Nath And Others
SCR	[2024] 2 S.C.R. 123
Judgement Date	2024-02-06
Case Number	1753

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