Ahmedabad, Feb. 6 -- The Gujarat high court on Thursday upheld the state government's decision to acquire an 11-acre land parcel in Ahmedabad's Motera, which had been given to self-styled godman Asaram-run ashram decades earlier.

A bench of justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati dismissed a plea filed by Sant Shri Asharam Ashram after the government pleader GH Virk defended the government's decision to reclaim control over the land parcel spread across 45,000 square metres.

The land is located next to the Narendra Modi Stadium and the Sardar Patel Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, an area identified by the state as critical for sports and urban infrastructure, including plans linked to the Commonwealth Games 2030.

Virk told the bench that the land, o...