Whether the transfer of Agricultural land is totally prohibited as Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act?

[Educator]

At the outset, we may say that there is dichotomy between the contention of the first Respondent/ the second Defendant founded on the Fragmentation Act as mentioned above and also his contention of absolute absence of a transaction partaking the real nature of sale. This is because Section 9(1) of the Fragmentation Act makes void only the transfer or partition of any land contrary to the