Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Kamlaben Jivabhai & Ors.

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Reported as [1989] 2 S.C.R. 687
Bench E.S. Venkataramiah J.
Decided 21 April 1989

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing the High Court held that section 2(3)(d) C of the Act should be read down and construed as not including pay- ment of cash allowance of the type in question.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Gujarat Surviving Alienations Abolition Act, 1963-Sections 2(3)(d), 6 & 13-Act protected in view of inclusion in Ninth Schedule­ Section 2(3)(d)-Alone specifically excluded from protectimt of Article 3 lB-Law relating to agrarian reform-Held the rights of the respon­ dents ariSing out of the forest area validly extinguished-Are entitled to payment of compensation notwithstanding the provisions of Art. 14, 19 & 31 of the Constitution of India by virtue of Art. 31( )(I). One Darbar Harsurvala by virtue of a declaratory decree made c in 1884 had the hereditary right of collecting grass,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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