Supreme Court of India

Kattite Valappil Pathumma and Ors. v. The Taluk Land Board and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 175
Bench K. S. Paripoornan and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 19 February 1997

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the aforesaid decisions lay down the law correctly.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Kera/a Land Reforms Act, 1963-Sections 2(4), 82 Explanation 1-Declaralit having three wives and ten children-Detennination of ceiling area-Lands owned by statutory family only to be considered-Held, lands owned by other wives and children not to be included in the family. Practice and Procedure-Decisions of Courts rendered long ag~Should not be interfered with unless it is manifestly wrong or unfair. The appellants are the legal representatives of deceased M, a dedarant under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963. The declarant had opted his first wife and her minor children as his "statutory

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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