{"id":60563,"date":"1987-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1987-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jagat-singh-vs-karan-singh-dead-by-lrs-ors-on-24-march-1987"},"modified":"2018-05-22T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:14:10","slug":"jagat-singh-vs-karan-singh-dead-by-lrs-ors-on-24-march-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jagat-singh-vs-karan-singh-dead-by-lrs-ors-on-24-march-1987","title":{"rendered":"Jagat Singh vs Karan Singh (Dead) By Lrs. &Ors on 24 March, 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Jagat Singh vs Karan Singh (Dead) By Lrs. &Ors on 24 March, 1987<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1987 AIR 1279, \t\t 1987 SCR (2) 616<\/div>\n
Author: M Thakkar<\/div>\n
Bench: Thakkar, M.P. (J)<\/div>\n
           PETITIONER:\nJAGAT SINGH\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nKARAN SINGH (DEAD) BY LRS. &ORS.\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT24\/03\/1987\n\nBENCH:\nTHAKKAR, M.P. (J)\nBENCH:\nTHAKKAR, M.P. (J)\nRAY, B.C. (J)\n\nCITATION:\n 1987 AIR 1279\t\t  1987 SCR  (2) 616\n 1987 SCC  (2) 349\t  JT 1987 (2)\t 31\n 1987 SCALE  (1)580\n\n\nACT:\n    Tehri  Garhwal  Bhumi Sambandhi Adhikar  Niyam:  s.6(4)-\nBenefit\t under--'Spinda'  of the Original  'khaikar'  living\nwith  him  as a member of his  family--Whether\tentitled  to\nbecome a sub-tenant of the head tenant--Provision applicable\nto Hindus only.\n\n\n\nHEADNOTE:\n    Section 6(4) of the Tehri Garhwal Bhumi Sambandhi  Adhi-\nkar Niyam provides that brother or 'sapida' (brother, nephew\netc.)  of  the deceased sub-tenant will be  entitled  to  be\nrecognised as a 'khaikari' if he was jointly living with the\ndeceased during his life time in the manner of a member of a\njoint family.\n    The\t appellant, a 'sapinda' of the\toriginal  'Khaikari'\n(sub-tenant)  had started living with the deceased from\t the\nage of 12 or 13 years as a member of the latter's family. He\nhas been sharing food and shelter with the deceased and\t was\nengaged\t in  cultivating the land along\t with  the  deceased\nduring\this lifetime. At the time of the death of the  later\nthe obsequies were also performed by him.\n    The\t trial court came to the conclusion that the  appel-\nlant  fulfilled the conditions prescribed by s.6(4)  of\t the\nAct and was thus entitled to become 'khaikari'\t(sub-tenant)\nof the respondent head-tenant. The lower appellant court and\nthe High Court took the view that s.6(4) was applicable\t not\nonly  to  Hindus but also to Muslims  and  Christians,\tand,\ntherefore,  it was not sufficient for the appellant to\thave\nshared the food and shelter and carried on the\tagricultural\noperations with the deceased and that it must be shown\tthat\nhe was in fact a member of the joint family.\nAllowing the appeal, the Court,\n    HELD: The High Court was in error in holding that only a\nmember\tof  an undivided family could claim the\t benefit  of\ns.6(4)\tof the Tehri Garhwal Bhumi Sambandhi Adhikar  Nayam.\n[620C-D]\n    Section  6(4)  of the Act is designed to apply  only  to\nHindus. The expression 'sapinda' employed in that  provision\nis peculiar to traditional\n617\nHindu  Law  and\t it would be altogether\t inapposite  in\t the\ncontext of citizens of Muslim or Christian faith. [619C]\n    The\t expression \"Jeevit Samay Men Abibhakt Kul Ki  Reeti\nSe  Uske Shareek Raha Ho\" used in s.6(4) clearly provides  a\nclue  to the intention of the legislature to benefit such  a\n'sapinda'  who had, lived with the issueless  'khaikar'\t and\nshared\twith  him food, shelter, laying\t as  also  joys\t and\nsorrows along with him 'as if' he was a member of the  joint\nfamily without in fact being one. Even if a separate brother\nor  newhew were to live with an issueless tiller during\t his\nlifetime  just\tas a member of the  Undivided  Hindu  Family\nwould  be  expected to 40, the benefit of  becoming  a\tsub-\ntenant of the head tenant is made available to him. [620A-C;\n619G]\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n
    CIVIL   APPELLATE\tJURISDICTION:  Civil   Appeal\t No.
\n1403(N) of 1973.\n<\/p>\n
    From  the  Judgment\t and Order dated  12.4.1973  of\t the
\nAllahabad High Court in Second Appeal No. 2866 of 1965.
\nS .N. Singh and T.N. Singh for the Appellant.
\nRameshwar Nath and Ravinder Nath for the Respondents.
\nThe Judgment of the Court was delivered by,
\n    THAKKAR,  J.  The  controversy in  this  appeal  centers
\naround\tthe  interpretation  of Section 6(4)  of  the  Tehri
\nGarhwal Buhmi Sambandhi Adhikar Niyam, enacted by the  erst-
\nwhile  State of Tehri Garhwal which continued to  remain  in
\nforce even after its merger in the State of Uttar Pradesh.\n<\/p>\n
     The  trial court came to the conclusion that the  peti-
\ntioner was entitled to become the ‘kahikari’ (subtenant)  of
\nthe respondents who were ‘maurusidars’ (head tenants) of the
\nland in question by virtue by the said provision and decreed
\nthe plaintiff’s suit. The lower appellate court and the High
\nCourt  took  a\tcontrary view and dismissed  the  suit.\t The
\noriginal  plaintiff  has  preferred the\t present  appeal  by
\nspecial\t leave\tand has contended  that\t the  interpretation
\nplaced by the trial court was the correct interpretation  of
\nthe  relevant provision and that the Lower  Appellate  Court
\nand  the  High Court were in error in  taking  the  contrary
\nview.\n<\/p>\n
618<\/span><\/p>\n
     The facts in so far as material are not in dispute. All
\nthe Courts have concurred in the finding that the petitioner
\nwas  a ‘sapinda’ of Jeet Ram, the original ‘khaikari’  (sub-
\ntenant)\t who died issueless. From the age of about 12 or  13
\nyears  the appellant had started living with  deceased\tJeet
\nRam.  He was sharing food and shelter with Jeet Ram and\t was
\nengaged in cultivating the land in question along with\tJeet
\nRam  during his life time. He had lived as a member of\tJeet
\nRam’s  family and at the time of the death of Jeet  Ram\t the
\nobsequies  were performed by him. Thereafter he was  looking
\nafter the widow of Jeet Ram.\n<\/p>\n
     These  facts having been firmly established  the  trial
\ncourt  upheld  the appellant’s right  to  become  ‘khaikari’
\n(sub-tenant)  of the respondents in respect of the  land  in
\nquestion  in the context of the right conferred\t by  Section
\n6(4) of the Act. The said provision is in Hindi:\n<\/p>\n
\t      “MRIT  KHIAKAR  KAR  BHAI\t YA  SAPINDA  WARISH
\n\t      (BHAI,  BHATEEJA\tAADI)  KEWAL  US  DASHA\t MEN
\n\t      ADHIKARI\tHOGA JOB KI WAH US MIRT\t KHAIKAR  KE
\n\t      SATH JEEVIT SAMAY MEN ABIBHAKT KUL KI REETI SE
\n\t      USKE SHAREEK RAHA HO.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Translated in English, it reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
\t      “Brother or Sapinda (brother, newhew etc.)  of
\n\t      the deceased sub-tenant will be entitled if he
\n\t      was  jointly living with the  deceased  during
\n\t      his  life\t time  in  the\tmanner\tof  a  joint
\n\t      family.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
An analysis of the aforesaid provision reveals that in order
\nto  establish  the claim to be recognized  as  a  ‘khaikari’
\nunder the said provision, one must establish that:-\n<\/p>\n
\t\t (1) He is a ‘sapinda’ of the deceased\tsub-
\n\t      tenant such as the brother or nephew.
\n\t\t (2) He must have been living as a member of
\n\t      the family with the deceased during his  life-
\n\t      time  in the manner of a member of  the  joint
\n\t      family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    The\t Trial\tCourt  took the view that  inasmuch  as\t the
\npetitioner was admittedly a sapinda of deceased Jeet Ram and
\ninasmuch  as  he had been living jointly with  the  deceased
\nduring his life-time, had been
\n619<\/span>
\nsharing of food and shelter with him and had even  performed
\nthe  obsequies\tof  Jeet Ram, he  fulfilled  the  conditions
\nprescribed by the said provision and was entitled to  become
\na  sub-tenant of the head tenant. The Lower Appellate  Court
\nand the High Court have taken the view that it is not suffi-
\ncient for the appellant to have shared the food and  shelter
\nand  carried  on the agricultural operations  with  the\t de-
\nceased. It must be shown that he was in fact a member of the
\njoint  family. The High Court has made sought  support\tfrom
\nthe  reasoning that section 6(4) is applicable not  only  to
\nHindus\tbut also to Muslims and Christians. With respect  to
\nthe  High Court this assumption is  altogether\tunwarranted.
\nThe expression ‘sapinda’ employed in section 6(4) is a clear
\npointer to the conclusion that the said section is  designed
\nto apply only to Hindus. The expression ‘sapinda’ is  pecul-
\niar  to\t traditional Hindu Law and it  would  be  altogether
\ninapposite in the context of citizens of Muslim or Christian
\nfaith.\tFailure\t to realize this aspect\t impelled  the\tHigh
\nCourt to take a view contrary to the view taken by the trial
\ncourt as is evident from the following passage:\n<\/p>\n
\t      “As  the\tprovisions of section 6 (4)  of\t the
\n\t      Tehri  Garhwal Bhumi Sambandhi  Adhikar  Niyam
\n\t      are applicable not only to Hindus but also  to
\n\t      Muslims and Christians etc. who may be  living
\n\t      in  Tehri\t Garhwal,  the\twords  “Joint  Hindu
\n\t      Family”  were not used and instead  the  words
\n\t      “ABHI BHAKT  KUL\tKEE  REETI  SE\tUSKE   SAATH
\n\t      SHAREEK  RAHA HO” were used. These words\twhen
\n\t      applicable  to a Hindu must mean a person\t who
\n\t      was  a member of a Joint Hindu Family  of\t the
\n\t      deceased Khaikar in this case Jeet Ram.”
\n\t      It appears that the Lower Appellate Court\t and
\n\t      the High Court altogether missed to grasp\t the
\n\t      intendment  and purpose of the  provision.  In
\n\t      the  absence of such a provision an  issueless
\n\t      tiller  would  experience great  hardship\t for
\n\t      there  would  be nobody to assist him  in\t his
\n\t      work  in his lifetime, look after him  in\t his
\n\t      old  age, and to take care of his widow  after
\n\t      his  death.  That is why even if\ta  separated
\n\t      brother or nephew were to live with him during
\n\t      his life-time, share the food and shelter with
\n\t      him, and assist him in cultivation, just as  a
\n\t      member of the Undivided Hindu Family would  be
\n\t      expected\tto  do, the benefit  of\t becoming  a
\n\t      sub-tenant is made available to him. Otherwise
\n\t      there was no point in providing that unless  a
\n\t      ‘sapinda’\t lived\twith  him ‘as if  he  was  a
\n\t      member  of the joint family’ he would  not  be
\n\t      entitled\tto such a right. In fact the  provi-
\n\t      sion has evidently been enacted with a view to
\n\t      relieve the distress of an issueless  agricul-
\n\t      turist, who is separate from his joint
\n\t      620<\/span>
\n\t      family, so that any one of his sapindas living
\n\t      with him as a member of the family,  assisting
\n\t      him  in  agriculture, and looking\t after\thim,
\n\t      would be entitled to become a ‘khaikar’ on his
\n\t      demise.  The  expression\t‘JEEVIT\t SAMAY,\t MEN
\n\t      ABIBHAKT KUL KI REETI SE USKE SHAREEK RAHA HO’
\n\t      clearly  provides a clue to the  intention  of
\n\t      the  legislature to benefit such a person\t who
\n\t      has  lived  with\tthe  issueless\tkhaikar\t and
\n\t      shared with him food, shelter, labour, as also
\n\t      joys and sorrows along with him ‘as if’ he was
\n\t      a\t member of the joint family without in\tfact
\n\t      being  one. The prospect of acquiring  such  a
\n\t      right  would provide motivation to look  after
\n\t      and  render  services to\tthe  issueless\tland
\n\t      holder for it would be unreasonable to  expect
\n\t      him to do so selflessly, the world being\twhat
\n\t      it is.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t\t  We  are therefore of the opinion that\t the
\n\t      lower appellate court and the High Court\thave
\n\t      entirely misunderstood the provision in  hold-
\n\t      ing that only a member of an Undivided
\n\t      Family  could  claim the\tbenefit\t of  section
\n\t      6(4). If such were the case there was no\tneed
\n\t      to make such an elaborate provision. It  would
\n\t      have  been sufficient to say that a member  of
\n\t      his  joint  family alone could  claim  such  a
\n\t      right.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t\t  We are satisfied that the trial court\t was
\n\t      right in upholding the claim of the  appellant
\n\t      whereas the lower appellate court and the High
\n\t      Court were in error in taking a contrary view.
\n\t      The  appeal is, therefore, allowed. The  judg-
\n\t      ment  and order of the lower  appellate  court
\n\t      and the High Court are set aside. The judgment
\n\t      and  decree  passed  by the  trial  court\t are
\n\t      restored.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t      There will be no order regarding costs.
\n\t      P.S.S.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t      Appeal allowed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t      621<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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