LAND ACQUISITION FOR DALITS
P.ESAKKIMUTHU
(Querist) 24 April 2010
This query is : Resolved
Chennai HC has held in (1988) 2 MLJ 398 (P. Annamalai vs The Collector Of Ramanathapuram And Ors.) on 25/2/1988 that acquisition of land for dalit is not discriminatory after the The Constitution (First Amendment) Act of 1951 introduced Sub-clause (4) of Article 15,.. The full judgement can be seen by clicking the link:indiankanoon.org/doc/353769/. Para 21,25 & 27 may be referred
Whether this ruling was overruled or not .What is the present position with regard to acquisition of lands for dalits .Is there any latest judgement by SC on this aspect of acquiring lands for dalit's purpose
Kiran Kumar
(Expert) 25 April 2010
i think this law still subsists, there is some latest judgment by SC....it has been delivered in a petition against State of Haryana, where by the Shamlat land (panchayat land) has been allowed to be acquired for constructing house for the weaker section of the society.
