Supreme Court of India
Patel Ambalal Gokalbhai vs State Of Gujarat And Ors. on 13 January, 1982
Equivalent citations: AIR1982SC1090, (1982)2GLR123, 1982(1)SCALE513A, (1982)3SCC316, AIR 1982 SUPREME COURT 1090, 1982 (3) SCC 316, (1983) GUJ LH 34, (1982) 2 SCJ 299, (1982) 1 GUJ LR 123
Bench: A.N.Sen, V.D. Tulzapurkar
JUDGMENT
1. In the writ petitions that were filed in the High Court both the Gujarat Amending Acts, namely Gujarat Amending 16 of 1960 and Gujarat Act No. 36 of 1965, whereby the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Bombay Act No. 67 of 1948) was amended, were challenge and the validity thereof was challenged on the ground that the provisions thereof offended Article 14, 19 and 31. The challenged has been negatived by the Gujarat High Court. In so far as Act No. 16 of 1960 is concerned the challenge has been negatived on the ground that it has been included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution and so far as Act No. 36 of 1965 is concerned the challenge has been negatived on the ground that it formed a chain in the agrarian reform and as such it was protected by Article 31A(1)(a) and that the same was clarificatory in nature. We are satisfied with the reasons which have been given by the High Court upholding the validity of both the Acts and find no ground for interference. It is unnecessary to dilate on the reasons given by the High Court overagain. The appeal is therefore dismissed with no order as to costs.