Word "hold" or "held"

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..... for consideration in several cases before this Court. In State of U.P. v. Sarjoo Devi [ (1977) 4 SCC 2] while dealing with the said word in Section 3(14) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, as follows: (SCC p. 8, paras 8 and 10) The word 'held' occurring in the above definition which is a past participle of the word 'hold' is of wide import. In the Unabri .....

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..... r or tenant of; keep possession of; occupy. Thus, 'held' connotes both ownership as well as possession. And in the context of the definition it is not possible to interpret the term 'held' only in the sense of possession. The word "holds" was again interpreted in Hari Ram v. Babu Gokul Prasad [1991 Supp (2) SCC 608] where it occurs in Section 185(1) of the Madhya Pradesh .....

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