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Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952

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PRAHLAD K. MODI AND ORS. (DEAD) BY LRS.versusSTATE OF GUJARAT

1994 INSC 464Dismissed

The appellants challenged the Gujarat High Court's finding that two acres of land in Sahikpur Bogha, Ahmedabad district, vested in the State under the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952. They argued that Section 5 allowed the inamdar to retain land used for building or non‑agricultural …

SAYED MOHOMED BAQUIR EL-EDROOS (DEAD) BY LRS.versusSTATE OF GUJARAT

1981 INSC 176Appeal(s) allowed

The plaintiff, a religious institution holding the inam village of Orma, sued the State of Gujarat in a civil suit claiming that the land was a devasthan (religious) inam and therefore exempt from the abolition provisions of the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952. The State contended that the …

STATE OF GUJARATversusGUJARAT REVENUE TRIBUNAL & ORS.

1979 INSC 145Dismissed

The case concerned vast hilly tracts of land that produced natural grass and were formerly part of taluqdar and inamdar estates. After the Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949 and the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952 came into force, the State of Gujarat claimed that these lands were …