Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960

The appellants, owners of agricultural land in Gujarat as well as land in other Indian states, challenged Sections 6(3A), 4, 10 and 11 of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960, on the ground that the provision which requires the land held outside Gujarat to be taken into account while computing the ceiling a…

The appellants, Nagbhai Najbai Khackar, challenged the inclusion of their "bid lands"—uncultivable waste lands used for grazing—within the ceiling limits of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 as amended by Act 2 of 1974. They argued that the amendment unintentionally omitted the word "includes" in the def…

Five couples entered into an agreement to jointly purchase about 172 acres of agricultural land in Gujarat, solely to simplify negotiations and later divide the land among themselves, with no intention of joint cultivation. After purchase they partitioned the land and obtained separate mutation entries. The Mamlatdar h…

The State of Gujarat and the Mamlatdar sought to enforce the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 against Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja, whose 587 acres of land were declared surplus. Jadeja contended that the lands were "urban land" under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and therefore o…

The State of Gujarat initiated proceedings under the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 to determine the ceiling and surplus area of a parcel of land. The respondent claimed that an agreement dated 14 October 1969 had transferred 30 acres to his mother, a transfer that had been recorded through mutation on 15…