Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 213 · Decided 3 April 2003
Land Commissioner, Madras and ANR. v. Rajeshwari
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 213 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4965/1997
- Decided
- 3 April 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, G.P. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B land laws: Tamil Nadu land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on land) Act, 1961; Ss. 3(14) & 5: c land ceiling-Holding of stridhana land exceeding standard !imit­ lnclusion of-Surplus land-Declaration of-Held: Combined effect of provision of law under Sections 5(/)(a), 5(4)(a) and 5(4)(b)(i) D land plus stridhana land- Since holding of stridhana land cannot be treated as a separate unit of the female member, family of the respondent was holding less than 'ceiling limit -Hence, surplus land declared by the authority was illegal-Interpretation of Statutes. Words & Phrases:
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