Bihar Bhojpur District Court Disposed 108 Year Old Land Dispute

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A court in Bihar’s Bhojpur district is in discussion to settle a civil dispute over a piece of three acres of land after 108 years. Additional District and Sessions Judge Shweta Singh ruled in favor of Atul Singh, ending the legal battle that began in 1914 with his great-grandfather Darbari Singh.

The plaintiff’s lawyer, Satendra Singh, while talking to reporters, described the judge as deserving of congratulations for this and said that even after the documents related to the case were eaten by insects and mites, he took the trouble of going through them and finally delivered the verdict on March 11.

He said that Darbari Singh had bought the said land from the family members of Nathuni Khan, which comes under Koilvar Nagar Panchayat area. He told that Khan had died in 1911 and his dependents had been quarreling among themselves over their property rights. The land was part of a nine-acre estate that was mired in legal trouble and was confiscated by the British colonial government.

The lawyer said, “The judge has finally said that my client Atul Singh can approach the concerned sub-divisional magistrate to get his land released.” He said, “No family member of Nathuni Khan is here. They all migrated to Pakistan after partition. My clients have fought the case for four generations.

Satendra Singh says, “I am satisfied that I have seen the case being decided. It was first raised by my grandfather Shivvrat Narayan Singh, after whose death my late father Badri Narayan Singh appeared as a lawyer in the matter.

The decision has raised the curiosity of legally conscious social media users. Referring to the matter on his Twitter handle, former IPS officer and well-known civil rights activist Prakash Singh said, “Cry, my dear India!”