Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 159 · Decided 2 March 1995
State of Gujarat v. Vora Saiyedbhai Kadarbhai and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 159 · [1995] 2 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8439/1983
- Decided
- 2 March 1995
- Bench
- N. VENKATACHALA, S.C. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(f), 19(1)(g)
Headnote
GUJARAT v. VORA SAIYEDBHAI KADARBHAI AND ORS. MARCH 2, 1995 B [N. VENKATACHALA AND S.C. SEN, JJ.) Gujarat Rural Debtors Relief Act, 1976: Constitutionai validity of. Section 14(2)--Expression 'Or an order reducing his debt is made'­ C Held not violative of Articles 19(1)(!) and (g). D E debtors to get back proper­ ty given as security to creditors-Held not unreasonable restrictions. With a view to protecting weaker sections of the society against · exploitation by non-institutional creditors, the State of Gujarat enacted the Gujarat Rural Debtors Relief Act, 1976.
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