Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 216 · Decided 18 April 2001
State of Orissa and ORS. v. K. Srinivasa Rao (Dead) Through LRS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 216 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 61
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3190/1995
- Decided
- 18 April 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Tenancy and Land Laws: Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960 (as amended by Presidents Act 17 of """' 1973): Sections 2(21), 37-A, 37-B and 37(b). c Land-Ceiling on-Married woman-Ceiling in respect of -Held: lvfarried woman is an individual-If she is holding land she would be regarded as holdings-ff.er landholdings cannot be clubbed with that of her D parents-Even a divorced or separated woman staying with her parents is not a member of her parents' family for the purposes of land ceiling laws. "Family"-Major married son and daughter-Held: A major son, after marriage,
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