Supreme Court of India

Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri (dead) through Smt. Shakuntala Alias Sushma & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra Revenue and Forest Department & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 913
Bench R. F. Nariman, S. Ravindra Bhat and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 19 February 2020

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Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961: ss.8, 10, 11, 21, 44B – Ceiling limits – Partitio n Deed dated 31.01.1970 (duly registered on 1.07.1970) executed between appellant, his wife, minor son and three minor daughters in respe ct of agricultural land of HUF – On 19.11.1976, 59 acr es and 35 guntas of land of appellant declared surplus by SDO – Appeal filed by appellant, his wife, minor son and elder daughter – Two other minor daughters did not appeal being satisfied with t he order of SDO since no part of land that devolved upon them b y means of partition deed was

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