Asaram Trust loses appeal; govt to take back prime Ahmedabad land

The Gujarat High Court dismissed the Asaram Ashram Trust's appeal in a Motera land dispute, upholding government action to reclaim over 45,000 square metres of prime land in Ahmedabad. The court found that the Ashram repeatedly breached government conditions and had encroached onto adjoining government land and the Sabarmati riverbed. The land was originally allotted for limited religious purposes but the Ashram expanded its possession.