MAKINENI VENKATA SUJATHA vs LAND REFORMS TRIBUNAL

The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition concerning the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, affirming that the petitioner, as an unmarried minor daughter on the notified date of 1.1.1975, was included in her father's family unit. The Court held that the provisions of Section 29A of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, did not retroactively alter the family unit's composition for land ceiling purposes, and thus the father's excess land determination was valid. The petitioner's claims under Sections 29A and 4A were rejected, upholding the decisions of the lower tribunals and the High Court.