Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Civil Judge, Nainital & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 1 S.C.R. 99
Bench E.S. Venkataramiah and M.M. Dutt JJ.
Decided 5 November 1986

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What the Court ordered

We hold that tor purposes of deciding the surplus land which is liable to be surendered froin out of the estate of Smt.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceilings on Land Holdings Act 1960/ Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holding Rules, 1961: Sections 5, 9 & 10/Rule 19-'Surplus Land'-Determination of- Principle applicable-Is date on which ceiling is imposed by statute. c Section 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land HoldlDgs Act, 1960 provided that on and from the commencement of the U.P; Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Act, 1972, which clll™' into force on 8.6.1973, no tenure-holder would be entitled to hold in the aggregate thro'!gbout Uttar Pradesh, any land in excess

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