The Rajasthan High Court ordered disciplinary inquiry against Tehsildar Tejpal Pareek for allegedly not releasing a detainee despite suspension of sentence. The Court directed him to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation and kept him attached to revenue headquarters until completion of the investigation.
The Supreme Court held that mutation requests based on a will must be assessed on their merits under the M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959. It emphasized, “the application… cannot be rejected merely because it is based on a will.”
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled that even a criminal has the right to sell their land. It clarified that pending cases cannot be used as a reason to withhold revenue records required for property sale.
