Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1315 · Decided 4 December 2019
Harbhajan Singh Etc v. State of Punjab and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1315 · [2019] 17 S.C.R. 828
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3674/2009
- Decided
- 4 December 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SANJIV KHANNA, KRISHNA MURARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Transfer of Property Act; Rent Control Act
Headnote
Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 - Vires of 1997 Act - Challenge to, by the tenant on the ground that they are entitled to protection against eviction under East Punjab Rent Act which cannot be taken away under Act - Held: Vires of the Religious Premises Act, a special enactment concerning landlord and tenant relationships, cannot be challenged on the ground that there are already two other enactments governing general landlord and tenant relationships-Transfer of Property Act and East Punjab
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