Supreme Court of India

Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 894
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 16 May 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the scheme is hit by the second proviso to Article 31 A insofar as it reserves 100 kanals 2 marlas for the income of the Panchayat.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Judgment and order under review ignored the law laid down by the Constitution Bench in Bhagat Ram & others vs. State of Punjab & others which had a direct bearing on the issue in question and took a view totally contrary thereto and held that the vesting in the Panchayat is complete on mere assignment under Section 18(c) of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948. It was also held that the unutilized land was not available for redistribution amongst the proprietors and the land reserved for common purposes cannot be

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