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Indenture of 1870

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1870 Indenture Grants Proprietary Rights, Not Leasehold | Bombay HC Settles Title Dispute Over Alienated Land Under Land Revenue Laws
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1870 Indenture Grants Proprietary Rights, Not Leasehold | Bombay HC Settles Title Dispute Over Alienated Land Under Land Revenue Laws

Bombay High Court rules that the 1870 Indenture conferred absolute proprietary rights, not a lease, on the grantee, defeating the Union of India’s claim over salt works land. The judgment reaffirms that government grants under colonial-era indentures must be interpreted as conveying full title unless expressly limited.