Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 113 · Decided 6 December 1957
Jagannath Behera and Others v. Raja Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarbara Roy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 113 · [1958] 1 S.C.R. 1067
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 309/1955
- Decided
- 6 December 1957
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, SYED JAFFER IMAM, J.L. KAPUR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(f), 363, 226
Headnote
COURT REPORTS JAGANNATH BEHERA AND OTHERS v. RAJA HARIHAR SINGH MARDARAJ BHRAMARBARA ROY 1067 (BHAGWATI, B. P. SINHA, JAFER IMAM, J. L. KAPUR and GAJENDRAGADKAR JJ.) Merger Agreement-Private property of Ruler-Legisla­ tion restricting ejectment of tenants-If violates guarantee of full Merged States (Laws) Act, 1950 (Orissa IV of 1950), ss. 7(a) and (h)-Constitution of India, Arts. 19(1) (f), 363. The respondent was the Ruler of the erstwhile State of Khandapara which merged in the State of Orissa on August 1. 1949. Article 3 qf the Agreement of Merger guaranteed that
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