VITHALDAS JAGANNATH KHATRI (D) THROUGH SHAKUNTALA ALIAS SUSHMA & ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA REVENUE AND FOREST DEPARTMENT & ORS.
2019 INSC 97629 August 2019Matter referred to larger bench
The case concerned a partition deed dated 31‑January‑1970 in which a Hindu undivided family allotted agricultural land to two minor daughters of Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri. The State of Maharashtra challenged the exclusion of that land from the surplus‑land calculation under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling …
GODAVARI SUGAR MILLS LTD.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.
2011 INSC 5920 January 2011Case Partly allowed
The appellant, Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd., owned large tracts of sugarcane land that were declared surplus under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 and were taken over by the State. After filing a claim for compensation, the State awarded Rs.88,77,538 with interest at 3% per annum for the…
VITHALDAS JAGANNATH KHATRI (DEAD) THROUGH SMT. SHAKUNTALA ALIAS SUSHMA & ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA REVENUE AND FOREST DEPARTMENT & ORS.
2020 INSC 20719 February 2020Appeal(s) allowed
The appellant, the heirs of the late Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri, challenged a declaration that 59 acres 35 guntas of their agricultural land were surplus under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961. The dispute centred on a partition deed dated 31‑01‑1970, executed before the statutory cut‑…
ROHAN VIJAY NAHAR & ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.
2025 INSC 12967 November 2025Appeal(s) allowed
The appellants, private landowners in Maharashtra, challenged revenue annotations and mutation entries that labelled their lands as private forests and vested in the State, arguing that the statutory requirements for acquisition were not fulfilled. The State contended that notices issued under Section 35(3) of the Indi…
