Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1186 · Decided 11 October 1996
State of Uttar Pradesh v. The District Judge and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1186 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1246/1984
- Decided
- 11 October 1996
- Bench
- N.P. SINGH, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Transfer of Property Act Section 54
Headnote
B Tenancy and Land Laws : U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960: Sections 5( 1 ), ~n&m c Ceiling area-Compensation of-Tenure-holder parted with poss~s- sion of land under agreement to sell prior to appointed day-Held : land must be included in his holding for calculating D possession as full owner-Tenure-holder could not contend that land covered by agreement to sell could not form part of his holding as transferee was protected by S.53- A of Transfer of Property Act-Transfer of Property Act, I882, Ss. 53-A, 54-U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1950,
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