1998 (11) TMI 681

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..... igh Court in revision given under the Kerala Land Reforms Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The High Court set aside the judgment of the Appellate Authority dated 20th Dec. 1989 which affirmed the order of the Land tribunal dated 24th Nov., 1980. The dispute between the parties before the international was as to whether the appellant before us was the cultivating tenant. A limited notice w .....

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..... eedings were not adverted to by the tribunals. The High Court held that the legal effect of these documents was not considered by the tribunals. On those grounds, it was argued the High Court was not entitled to interfere under Section 103 of the Act. Learned senior counsel for the appellant submitted that if certain documents were not considered or their legal effect was not taken into considerat .....

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..... decide any question of law. Mere non-consideration of relevant documents including the relevance of certain Judicial Proceedings would not strictly fall within Section 103 of the Act. But that, in our opinion, is not the end of the matter. The High court had still powers under Article 227 of the Constitution of India to quash the orders passed by the tribunals if the findings of fact had been a .....

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