https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172557 For ceiling computation under section 82 of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, a husband with more than one legally wedded wife can be treated as a member of only one deemed family under Explanation I, namely the family he chooses for the ceiling provisions. His lands are taken into account only in computing the ceiling area of that chosen family, while the other wives and their unmarried minor children are deemed separate families for their own ceiling computation. The Court upheld the High Court's settled interpretation and declined to disturb it, noting the need to avoid unsettling long-standing transactions and titles. en-us Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:06:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172557 For ceiling computation under section 82 of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, a husband with more than one legally wedded wife can be treated as a member of only one deemed family under Explanation I, namely the family he chooses for the ceiling provisions. His lands are taken into account only in computing the ceiling area of that chosen family, while the other wives and their unmarried minor children are deemed separate families for their own ceiling computation. The Court upheld the High Court's settled interpretation and declined to disturb it, noting the need to avoid unsettling long-standing transactions and titles. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172557