Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960

Ramendra Singh filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that dismissed his claim that a minor son could claim a separate ceiling area under the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960. The petition argued that Section 6(ii), read with Sectio…

Ratan Singh, a Bhoomidar, died leaving 41.49 acres of agricultural land. Under the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960, the Sub‑Divisional Officer limited the widow's share to 10.38 acres and declared the remainder surplus. The major daughters (appellants) filed a civil suit claiming inheritance u…

The appellants were allotted surplus agricultural land by the State of Madhya Pradesh in 1973 under Section 35 of the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960, which conferred Bhumiswami rights. Within two years they purportedly sold the land to the respondent by a deed that the appellants claim was wi…

The appellant, BAJRANGA (deceased) represented by legal heirs, challenged the State of Madhya Pradesh's declaration of his agricultural land as surplus under the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960. He argued that a portion of the land had been decreed in favour of his mother‑in‑law, Jenobai, in a…

The State of Madhya Pradesh challenged a decree of the High Court that had set aside an order of the Competent Authority under the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960, which had treated land inherited by the plaintiff's wife as part of the family holding and declared surplus. The plaintiff, Dungaj…

Mishri Bai, a crippled Hindu woman married to Padam Singh, lived separately from her husband and in 1970 claimed to have adopted Brajendra Singh, seeking to treat them as a joint family to retain excess agricultural land under the Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act. The trial court and first appellate …