Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 568 · Decided 13 September 1995
Dilawar Singh (Dead) Through LRS. v. ADDL. District Judge, Ghaziabad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 568 · [1995] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 630
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2234/1979
- Decided
- 13 September 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, B.L. HANSARIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
U.P. Imposition of Ceiling of Land Holdings Act, 1960 : Sections 5, 10(2). Swplus ceiling area-Computation of-{;ift of land-Sham transaction to avoid ceiling imposed-Lands covered by gift deed held not to be excluded from landowners holdings. In response to a notice issued under Section 10(2) of Holdings Act, 1960, the appellant filed his return wherein he mentioned that he gifted certain lands to his grand­ nephew. The Prescribed Authority as well as the First Appellant Court held that the gift was a Sham transaction to avoid the ceiling im,Posed under Section 5 of the Act,
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