SHILLONG, India, March 23 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 20:
1. The petitioner before this Court is the owner in possession of plot No. 19, situated at R.R.Colony, Umpling, Shillong, who had sought to transfer the same by way of a Gift Deed to her son and grandson. In this regard, it is submitted that an appropriate application under the provisions of the Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1971, had been made before the Revenue authorities, who thereafter, had conducted a survey on 11-10- 2023, wherein an increase of 263.05 sq.mts. was detected. It is further submitted that as the grant of permission was pending without any substantial progress, the petitioner had issued a legal notice to the Deputy...