Naresh Jain vs Dharamveer Singh on 17 November, 2021
"11. The Court has perused the notifications which
have been placed on record. A perusal of the said
notifications shows that the Defendants are relying
upon the first notification No. F. 9(20)/66-Law-Corp
dated 13th June, 1963, notification No. F.2(49)/65-LSG
dated 28th May, 1966, and a subsequent notification
No. S.O. 1236 dated 27th March, 1979, issued by the
Central Government. The said notifications do not
show clearly that village Ghonda Chouhan Bangar has
been specifically notified both under Section 507 of the
DMC Act and under Section 1 of the DRC Act. The
village Ghonda appears to have various portions and
unless and until there are specific notifications qua
each of the portions, under each of the enactments, it
cannot be said that the area is covered by the DRC Act.
The judgment in Mitter Sen Jain (supra) is clear to
this effect that notifications would be required under
both legislations. The relevant portion of the said
judgment is set out below: