Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Vaghela Dayabhai Chaturbhai & Ors.

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Reported as [1980] 2 S.C.R. 1182
Bench P. N. Shinghal and E. S. Venkataramiah JJ.
Decided 5 March 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court was in error in holding that the Resolution was violative of Article 14 of the Con­ stitution.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Constitution of India 1950; Bombay Land Revenue Code 1879 & Bombay Land Rerenue Rules 1921-Allotment and grant of cultivation rights Ol'tr 'Bluuha lands'-State Governnient Resolution providing for preference to ltari. • jans, adivasis and backward class people-Constitutional guarantee of equality ,.;II under Article 14--Whether violated. , c JVords & Phrases-'Bhatha lands'-Meaning of The expression "bhatha land" means land which forms part of the bed of a river on \Vhich vegetables, rn'elon, cucumber etc. can be grown during the lean period after the rainy season is over, when the level of

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