Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 280 · Decided 11 October 1971
Jagannath ETC. ETC. v. Authorised Officer, Land Reforms & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 280 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 1055
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 247/1967
- Decided
- 11 October 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT, G.K. MITTER, A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA, SUBIMAL CHANDRA ROY, D.G. PALEKAR (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 31, 14, 19, 31(2), 39
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Arts. 31-B, 39 and Ninth Schedule and Seventh Schedule, List I/, entry 18 and List /l/, entry 42 Madras Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961-Struck down as vio· !ative of Art,, 14-Act included in Whe:ther State Legislature cgmpetent to enact the Act. The Madras Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act 1961 was an Act to provide for fixation of ceiling on agricultural land holding; and for oortain other matters connected therewith in the State of Madras. Its validity. had
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