Water Bodies Cannot Be Granted on Ryotwari Patta; Supreme Court Directs Alternative Site for Innocent Flat Buyers Before Demolition

In a ruling balancing strict statutory environmental protections with equity for innocent home buyers, the Supreme Court of India held that water bodies and communal poramboke land cannot be granted on ryotwari patta under the Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948. A Bench comprising Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.

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