Supreme Court of India

State of U.p v. Nand Kumar Aggarwal and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 229
Bench Sujata V. Manohar and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 19 November 1997

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Urban land (Ceiling & Regulations) Act, 1976-Ss. 2, 6 (I), 33 Claim for exemption from ceiling as being agricultural land-It is actual use of the land on the relevant date.. that would decide its status as agricultural or otherwise-Though revenue records showed it as agricultural land and as per the master plan it was to be for agriculture, it was used for brick making on the date on which the Act came into force, and therefore cannot be exempted-It is the main use that will decide the actual nature of the land even if a portion is used for agricultural-land within an urban agglomeration will

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