Bandipora, May 15 -- Suhail Rather

A court in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district has recalled a 43-year-old compromise decree related to an orchard land dispute, holding that the settlement was passed without following mandatory legal procedures and without the consent of all affected parties.

The order was passed by the Court of Munsiff/Civil Judge (Junior Division), Bandipora, presided over by Amandeep Singh, on May 11 in connection with an 8-kanal orchard at Malangam village under Survey No. 2574.

The applicants, through counsel Aamir Hassan Bhat, had sought recall of a compromise decree dated April 30, 1983, passed in the case titled *Malik Saifuddin and others versus Subhan Khanday and others*.

They alleged that the decree ha...