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Sarafat Ali v. Deputy Director of Consolidation (2026): a bhumidhar's over-ceiling transfer under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition Act was voidable, not void

The Supreme Court held that a 1957 sale by a bhumidhar in alleged breach of Section 154 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 was not void ab initio but only voidable at the Gaon Sabha's instance under the then Section 163; the 1982 amendment making such transfers void with automatic State vesting does not operate retrospectively, and consolidation authorities cannot disregard a voidable registered sale deed that only a civil court may cancel.