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PETITIONER: RAJA RAJINDER CHAND
Vs.
RESPONDENT: SUKHI(and connected appeals)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 23/10/1956
BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA DAS, S.K.
CITATION: 1957 AIR 286 1956 SCR 889
ACT: Right to Royal trees-Conquest of territory-Grant of Jagir by conqueror-Title to trees within Jagir-Rights of the Jagirdar-Grant-Construction-Entries in Wajib-ul-arz-Scope and legal 7 effect-Ala malik and Adna malik, Meaning of- Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab XVII of 1887), ss. 31, 44.
HEADNOTE: The appellant as the proprietor of Nada-un Jagir sued to establish his title to chil (pine) trees standing on lands within the Jagir but belonging to the respondents, on the ground that the trees belonged to him as ala malik (superior landlords and not to the respondents who were only adna maliks (inferior landlords). The Jagir originally formed part of the territory belonging to the rulers of Kangra who were Sovereigns entitled to the chil trees. In 1827. 28 Maharaja Ranjit Singh conquered the territory and granted Nadaun as Jagir to Raja Jodhbir Chand who was the illegitimate son of Raja Sansar Chand, the last independent ruler of Kangra. In 1846 as a result of the first Sikh War the territory came under the dominion of the British,. who granted a Sanad in favour of Raja Jodhbir Chand in recognit...