Supreme Court of India

State of M.P. & Anr. v. Dungaji (d) by Lrs. & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 9 S.C.R. 979
Bench M.R. Shah and A.S. Bop Anna JJ.
Decided 16 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960: s. 46 – Competent Authority while determining surplus land of the plaintiff, included the land inherited by his wife fr om her mother – Suit by plaintiff against the S tate challenging or der of Competent Authority and also against his wife seeking declaration that the mar riage between them was alr eady dissolved by way of customary divor ce and hence land of her wife could not have been consider ed for determining his surplus land – Suit dismissed by trial court as well as first appellate court – High Court, in second appeal,

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