https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171109 The expression "landless persons" in Section 14 of the U.P. Bhoodan Yagna Act was construed purposively in light of the Bhoodan Yagna scheme under Section 15, rather than by a literal reading. Grants under the scheme were intended for landless agricultural labourers or bhoomihin kisan who depended on agriculture and had no land of their own. The amendment replacing "landless persons" with "landless agricultural labourers" reinforced that scope. As the respondents were businessmen, not agriculturists, and had property and income, they did not fall within the intended class, and cancellation of the allotments was justified. en-us Fri, 09 Sep 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:20:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171109 The expression "landless persons" in Section 14 of the U.P. Bhoodan Yagna Act was construed purposively in light of the Bhoodan Yagna scheme under Section 15, rather than by a literal reading. Grants under the scheme were intended for landless agricultural labourers or bhoomihin kisan who depended on agriculture and had no land of their own. The amendment replacing "landless persons" with "landless agricultural labourers" reinforced that scope. As the respondents were businessmen, not agriculturists, and had property and income, they did not fall within the intended class, and cancellation of the allotments was justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Sep 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171109