Supreme Court of India
Land Commissioner, Madras and Anr. v. Rajeshwari
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid provision the family would be entitled to only I 5 standard acres of land.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
land laws: Tamil Nadu land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on land) Act, 1961; Ss. 3(14) & 5: c land ceiling-Holding of stridhana land exceeding standard !imit lnclusion of-Surplus land-Declaration of-Held: Combined effect of provision of law under Sections 5(/)(a), 5(4)(a) and 5(4)(b)(i) is that a family is entitled to hold the land equivalent to certain prescribed ceiling limit of land plus stridhana land- Since holding of stridhana land cannot be treated as a separate unit of the female member, family of the respondent was holding less than 'ceiling limit -Hence, surplus land declared by the
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