Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 216 · Decided 25 August 1971
District Council of United Khasi & Jaintia Hills & ORS. ETC. v. Miss Sitimon Sawian ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 216 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 398
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1546/1968
- Decided
- 25 August 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, I.D. DUA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950--Sixth Schedu/e-,-Para 3(1)(a)-Power · cf District Counci( to rnake law with respect to "allot1nent, occupation or .use, or the sett.jng apart of land"-!J includes power to 1nake laws w1th respect to transfer of land-United (Transfer of Land) Act, !953-Sect(on 3--Constitutio'nality of. · By virtue of the Sixth Schedule· tq the Constitution the United Khasi­ Jaintia Hills District has been con,stituted~ into. an autonomous district with a District Council. Para 3(1) (a) of the Schedule authorises
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