Supreme Court of India · 2015-11-06
GURUDASSING NAWOOSINGH PANJWANI vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2006/25600
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- GURUDASSING NAWOOSINGH PANJWANI
- Respondent
- STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .
- Author
- M.Y. Eqbal
- Bench
- C. NAGAPPAN M.Y. EQBAL
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Bombay High Court, affirming the dismissal of the appellant's writ petition regarding the allotment of land under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. The Court clarified that the appellant's claim to the land was based on the allotment made to his father, a displaced person, and that the subsequent transactions involving the property were valid under the Evacuee Properties Act. The Court emphasized that the appellant failed to establish his entitlement to the land in question, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.