Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Land Acquisition for Project-Affected Persons, Holding Joint Family Land Ceiling Limit Applies to Entire Holding. Hindu Undivided Family Treated as Single 'Person' Under Maharashtra Resettlement of Project Displaced Persons Act, 1976, and Land Acquisition Act, 1894; No Notional Partition Permitted Without Actual Partition Evidence.
24 Jan 2012The dispute arose out of land acquisition proceedings initiated by the State of Maharashtra for resettlement of project-affected persons. The petition...
