Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 741 · Decided 19 November 1997
State of U.P v. Nand Kumar Aggarwal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 741 · [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7168/1996
- Decided
- 19 November 1997
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Urban land (Ceiling & Regulations) Act, 1976-Ss. 2, 6 (I), 33 Claim for exemption from ceiling as being agricultural land-It is actual use of the A B land on the relevant date.. that would decide its status as agricultural or C otherwise-Though revenue records showed it as agricultural land on which the Act came into force, and therefore cannot be exempted-It is the main use that will decide the actual nature of the land even if a portion is used for agricultural-land within an urban agglomeration will not be 'urban land' if used for agricultural purposes. D The question involved
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