Property Disputes Civil Court Has Primacy Over Revenue Authorities: HC

The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Monday quashed a series of orders issued by a revenue authority, holding that such actions could not stand once a civil court was already seized of the matter.

- M Ahmad

Emphasizing the settled legal position that the jurisdiction of the civil court was “superior to, and overrides, that of the revenue authorities” in disputes involving title, possession, or civil rights over immovable prope