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The case concerned the interpretation of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961 in a dispute over surplus land declared against the husband of the respondent, Rajeswari. The Authorized Officer had declared 3.06 standard acres as surplus, a decision upheld by the Land …
Arul Nadar, a landowner, was found to possess surplus agricultural land beyond the ceiling prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. He claimed that two settlement deeds executed in favour of his minor sons on 28‑April‑1970 and 2‑May‑1970 were valid under …
The appellants sought to exclude 36.74 acres allotted to the wife under a 1970 partition deed from the husband's land ceiling computation, claiming it was "Stridhana land" under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The dispute centered on whether Section 21A's …
The appellant Govindasamy's father transferred 17.615 standard acres to Govindasamy's unmarried daughter Sumathi between the commencement (15‑Feb‑1970) and notified date (2‑Oct‑1970) of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The land authorities included this gifted …
The respondent, Arooran Sugars Ltd., owned over 3,400 acres of land that was declared surplus under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The original compensation rate was nine times the net annual income, but the 1972 Fourth Amendment reduced it to two times. A 1974 …
The appellants in three separate sets of appeals held agricultural land in excess of the ceiling prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961 and had made sales of portions of that land before the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Reduction of Ceiling on Land) Act, …
M.K. Iyer, a landowner in Kanyakumari district, held more than 30 standard acres and filed a return under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The Authorised Officer determined his family size and allowed him 30 acres plus stridhana for his wife and daughter, …
The appellant, M. Ramakrishnan, married in June 1960 and later inherited agricultural land from his mother who died in April 1962. The land bequeathed to his wife, Devika, was treated as part of the family holding and a surplus land determination was made under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation …
