https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287601 Ceiling area under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 is determined by the family's strength on the appointed day, subject only to specified statutory exceptions; later births do not enlarge the ceiling entitlement. An alleged partial partition of a joint Hindu family requires reliable proof of severance and allocation of property; mutation entries, sales, receipts, affidavits and a consent deed were insufficient where no partition deed existed, allocation was unequal and other properties were undistributed. Land standing in a member's name counts as separate property only when separate holding is proved; otherwise it remains part of the family holding and attracts the corresponding family allowance. en-us Fri, 06 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:43:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287601 Ceiling area under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 is determined by the family's strength on the appointed day, subject only to specified statutory exceptions; later births do not enlarge the ceiling entitlement. An alleged partial partition of a joint Hindu family requires reliable proof of severance and allocation of property; mutation entries, sales, receipts, affidavits and a consent deed were insufficient where no partition deed existed, allocation was unequal and other properties were undistributed. Land standing in a member's name counts as separate property only when separate holding is proved; otherwise it remains part of the family holding and attracts the corresponding family allowance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287601