Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Anr. v. Jiwan Singh

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Reported as [1976] 2 S.C.R. 210
Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer and A. C. Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 October 1975

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Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953-Proviso (ii) (a) to Section 2(3) -Maximum permissible area for a displaced person in terms of Srandard Acres dr ordinary acres, determination of-Meaning of the phrase ''as the case may be''. The respondent, a displaced person from Pakistan was allotted 55-80 Stand­ ard Acres of land in lien of the land left by him in Pakistan. While deter­ mining the surplus area, the' appellant State inte.preting the phrase "as the case may be" in proviso (ii)(a) to Section 2(3) of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, left with the respondent 100 ordinary

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