A.G. VARADARAJULU vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU

The Supreme Court examined the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961, specifically Sections 3(42) and 5(4), in the context of a dispute over land allocation between a husband and wife. The Court held that the land allotted to the wife under a partition deed could not be excluded from the husband's holding as 'stridhana' since she was not in possession of the land at the time the Act commenced. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower tribunal's decision.