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Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Reduction of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1970

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KAPPUSWAMYversusTHE AUTHORISED OFFICER AND ASSISTANT COMMISIONER (LAND REFORMS)

1996 INSC 771Appeal(s) allowed

The testator's 1948 will granted his two wives equal life interests in the estate, stipulating that the survivor would enjoy the whole property and that after both wives' deaths the daughter would have a life interest followed by her children in fee simple. After the second wife died in 1967, the …

M.K. HARIHAR IYERversusAUTHORISED OFFICER LAND REFORMS, TIRUNELVELI

1990 INSC 36Dismissed

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, …