Archive · 21 Jun 2025
HC Directs Vadodara Police to Help Owners Access Property
Imagine you own a building, but your neighbors won't let you use it.
A court in Gujarat, India, has told the police they must help the owners of a building enter and fix it up.
The owners have been trying to get into their property since 2020, but local people are stopping them.
The court says the police must keep order and help the owners, as it is their right.
The building is in an area with special rules due to local tensions, and the owners had to go to court to be able to buy the property and now use it.
The owners sought police help in July and again in April, and the police did not intervene despite the court's rulings.
Gujarat High Court directed Vadodara police to address a petitioner's grievance.
Petitioners, property owners, seek police protection to access and repair their commercial property.
The property is in a 'Disturbed Area' and subject to the Disturbed Areas Act.
Despite court rulings in their favor since 2020, petitioners face obstruction from neighbors and local corporators.
The court stated the state has a duty to maintain law and order and redress the grievance.
- Who
- Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal and Iqbal Hussain Asgarali Tinwala, the property owners, are seeking police protection.
- What
- The Gujarat High Court directed Vadodara police to help property owners access and repair their property.
- When
- The court order was issued on June 19, 2024.
- Where
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
- Why
- To allow the owners to enter, use, and repair their property, and also because local authorities are not enforcing the law
Property Owners' Perspective
Opposing Groups' Perspective
Access to Property
Property Owners' Perspective
Owners seek to access and repair their property, citing past court rulings and legal purchase.
Opposing Groups' Perspective
Neighbors and local corporators are obstructing the owners from entering the property.
Police Protection
Property Owners' Perspective
Police should have offered protection, but failed to do so which led to gross violation of the owner's rights.
Opposing Groups' Perspective
Police provided no protection to property owners when attempting to enter their property
- Petitioners
- Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal and Iqbal Hussain Asgarali Tinwala
- Property Location
- Old city area of Vadodara
- Act
- The Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act, 1991
- HC Ruling
- Ruled in favor of petitioners in March 2020
- Police requested
- July 7, 2024
- Appeal Rejected
- June 2018
- Sale deed registered
- December 15, 2020