Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 212 · Decided 9 February 1996
State of Bihar v. Shri K. M. Zubei and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 212 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 376
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4336/1986
- Decided
- 9 February 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Land laws: C Bihar Land Ref omis (Fixation of Ceiling area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, ·1961: Section 2(ee) Expln.-II, (g) and (k). 'Family'-Ceiling area-Separate additional unit of land for adult son-Detennination of-Personal law not applicable-No distinction between Hindu, would be entitled to separate unit if a raiyat and had become a land holde1~Act secular in nature. The respondent - Land owner was shown to be holding surplus land. However, he filed an objection claiming that he was entitled to one addi- E tional unit for his adult son. This was rejected
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