HARI RAM . vs STATE OF HARYANA . — C.A. No. 5440/2000

Summary: Hari Ram v. State of Haryana, C.A. No. 005440/2000 The Supreme Court allowed eight grouped appeals, holding that Haryana's rejection of land release requests violated Article 14 (equality). HUDA acquired 184.56 acres at Narnaul; the State later released over 40 landowners' plots from acquisition but rejected appellants' identical requests using an October 2007 policy applied to no other landowner. The Court found discriminatory treatment: similarly situated owners under the same acquisition proceedings received different decisions without rational basis, violating equal protection principles. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.