1991 (3) TMI 135

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....oceedings under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, as amended subsequently. The landholders are the appellants. There is no dispute that January 24, 1971, is the appointed date under the statute. Section 5(6) of the Act categorically provides that any transfer of land after that date would be inoperative if, in the absence of transfer, that land in the hands of the....

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....diate or deferred benefit of the tenure holders or other members of his family. " One of the basic requirements for availing of the benefit of the proviso is that the transfer should be for adequate consideration." Adequate consideration " has not been defined by the Act and, therefore, the High Court has relied upon the concept of gift in the Transfer of Property Act. This being a gift, referenc....