Asikali Akbarali Gilani Etc vs Nasirhusain Mahebubbhai Chauhan & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's order directing the Collector to remove illegal encroachments on municipal land under Section 258 of the Gujarat Municipality Act, 1963. The Court emphasized that public streets must be preserved for public use and cannot be leased out without proper authority, as established in Sections 65, 80, and 146 of the Act. The Court rejected the appellant's claims of political vendetta and affirmed that the Municipality acted without legal sanction in granting leases for the encroachments.