Smt. Krishna Kamalini Debeya vs Junior Land Reforms Officer, ... on 30 March, 1981
The dependants have also been defined in Section 21 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. While on this question, the provisions of Section 14J of the said Act, which lays down that provisions of Chap. IIB shall have effect notwithstanding (anything) to the contrary contained elsewhere in 'the said Act or in any other law for the time being in force, will have to be considered. Before that, it must also be remembered that those provisions in Chapter IIB have been found to be intra vires by the Supreme Court in the case of Sasanka Sekhar Maity v. Union of India .