SIRI RAM BATRA . vs FINANCIAL COMNR., DELHI . — C.A. No. 4551/2000

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by Siri Ram Batra and others, affirming that respondent No. 3 (Gautam Jain), who purchased land Killa No. 28/22 from the original allottee Dinesh Kumar, was entitled to benefits under the amended consolidation scheme, not the original bhumidars (appellants). The Court held that once the appellants accepted alternate land (Plot No. 679) in lieu of their original land (Khasra No. 324) during the 1987 consolidation, they ceased having any rights over that land; consequently, when the scheme was amended in 1991 to include that land, the benefit accrued to the current owner (the purchaser), as explicitly provided in the amended scheme. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.