2026 INSC 132 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.7407 OF 2012 STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. ...APPELLANT (S)

VERSUS JAI HIND PVT. LTD. …RESPONDENT (S)

J U D G M E N T

NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH, J.

THE CHALLENGE

1. The present Civil Appeal has been preferred by the State of West Bengal and Ors. (hereinafter referred to as “the appellants”), being aggrieved by the impugned judgment and order dated 17.05.2012, passed in WPLRT No. 43 of Signature Not Verified 2010 by a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature ASHA SUNDRIYAL Date: 2026.02.06

17:05:10 IST Reason: at Calcutta. The High Court, by the impugned judgment, allowed the writ petition preferred by Jai Hind Private Limited, the respondent–company herein, and set aside the judgment and order dated 31.03.2010 passed by the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (“the Tribunal” for short), thereby allowing the respondent-company to retain 211.21 acres of land.

2. By the said judgment, the High Court also upheld the review order dated 07.05.2008 passed by the Block Land and Land Reforms Officer (hereinafter referred to as “B.L. & L.R.O.”), Bharatpur–II, Murshidabad, West Bengal