Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 157 · Decided 20 March 2002
Director of Settlements A.P. and ORS. v. M.R. Apparao and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 157 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2517/1999
- Decided
- 20 March 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, S.N. PHUKAN, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 31(2), 141
Headnote
Andhra Pradesh Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948: Sections 39, 41, 44, 50 and 54 and Amended Act 3 of 1971. A B Estates-Abolition of-Payment of Compensation-Interim payment C payable to the estate holder-Restricted by-Ordinance-Subsequent amendment in the Act-Validity the vested right of the estate holder to receive interim compensation till the promulgation of Ordinance was ultravires of Article 31(2) of the Constitution-Validity of-Held, Amendments made to the D Act are constitutionally valid. Article 141 Scope and ambit of-Law declared-Principle
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