Tarachandra v. Bhawarlal 2025 INSC 1485 - Will - Mutation - MP Land Revenue Code

Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 - There is nothing in the 1959 Code proscribing acquisition of rights in land through a will. As a sequitur, if a will is set up, the application for mutation based thereupon will have to be considered on merits and it cannot be rejected merely because it is based on a will. (Para 15) Mutation - Mutation does not confer any right, title or interest on a person. Mutation in the revenue records is only for fiscal purposes , therefore, where there is no serious dispute raised by any natural legal heir, if any, of the tenure holder, in absence of any legal bar, mutation based on a will should not be denied as it would defeat the interest of Revenue. (Para 19)