Supreme Court of India

Smt. Viraj Kunwar and Ors. v. Ii Addl. Distt. Judge and Ors.

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 227
Bench K. Ramaswamy, Faizan Uddin and B.N. Kirpal JJ.
Decided 5 December 1995

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the view of the learned judge is clearly in negation of the expressed provision contained in Section 3 (17) B (a) of the Act.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 as amended by U.P. Act 18 of 1973-Sections 3(7) & 3( 17)-Tenure Holde.-Restlicted definition-Whether judicially separated wife can be an independent tenure holdei-Held, No, when her husband is a tenure holder. c Respondent No. 3, husband of the first appellant, as a tenure holder submitted his return u/s 10 of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, as amended by U.P. Act 18, 1973. He was declared holder of the surplus agricultural land. Therefore, he surrendered the land to an extent of 30 bighas as irrigated land. The

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