MUMBAI, Nov. 6 -- The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has restrained the Maharashtra government from allotting confiscated Bhoodan land to anyone until it examines the constitutional validity of Section 25 of the Madhya Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1953. The provision allows Bhoodan land allotted to beneficiaries to vest with the state government if they violate prescribed conditions. The interim order was passed on a petition filed by Narendra Bais, joint secretary of the Vidarbha Bhoodan Mandal, who contended that the provision defeats the very purpose of the Bhoodan movement initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 to distribute donated land among landless agricultural labourers. The petitioner argued that confiscated land should revert to the Bhoodan Mandal rather than be retained or redistributed by the government. P8...