Supreme Court of India
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Vatsavyi Kumara Venkata Krishna Verma
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that Section 7(1) of the Act not only requires the transfer to be valid and genuine but also makes it obligatory for the transferor to prove that there was some compelling reason to sell the land at that point of time.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Tenancy and Land Laws : Andhra Pradesh Land Ref om1s (Ceiling on AgJicultural Holdings) Act, 1973 : Section 21. c Transfer of laiuJ-Made within a sh01t span of only 15 days between 24-1-1971 and before the notified date i.e., 1-1-1975-0ne sale transaction was in favour of declarant's own father while the other three pertained to highly valuable rich wet lands-Vendees of some transactions given facility of ·~ payment by instalments spread over years--Declarant constntcted house only after four years of the sale transactions-Held, Before any transaction is upheld under S.7(1) it is to be shown
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