Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 758 · Decided 16 July 2019
State of M.P. & ANR. v. Dungaji (D) BY LRS. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 758 · [2019] 9 S.C.R. 979
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11326/2011
- Decided
- 16 July 2019
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 100
Headnote
Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960: s. 46 - Competent Authority while determining surplus land of the plaintiff, included the land inherited by his wife from her mother - Suit by plaintiff against the State challenging order of Competent Authority and also between them was already dissolved by way of customary divorce and hence land of her wife could not have been considered for determining his surplus land - Suit dismissed by trial court as well as first appellate court - High Court, in second appeal, decreed the suit - Appeal
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