DHANVANTHKUMARIBA vs STATE OF GUJARAT

The Supreme Court addressed the ownership dispute over land in Survey No. 410, originally belonging to the ex-ruler of Umeta, under the Bombay Talukdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949. The Court held that the land did not vest in the Government as waste land under Section 6 of the Act, affirming the trial court's decree that recognized the original plaintiff's ownership of 30 acres. The Court emphasized that the Government's claim of ownership was invalid, thereby upholding the rights of the ex-ruler's legal representatives.