Supreme Court · 1952 INSC 33 · Decided 20 May 1952
Lachmandas Kew Alram Ahuja and Another v. The State of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1952 INSC 33 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 710
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 20/1950
- Decided
- 20 May 1952
- Bench
- M. PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, N. CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 14, 711, 132(1); Arms Act
Headnote
Constt.tution of India, .tlrts. 13, 14-Bombay Public Safety Measures Act, 1947, s. 12-Provision empowering Government to refer 'cases' for trial by Special Judge-Validity-Discriminatior> -Proceedings commenced before 26th January, 195(), before Special under special procedure-Validity of trial-Applicability of Constitution to pe"nding trials. field, pe1· :MAHAJAN, MuKHERJEA, DAs and CHANDRASEKHAR/. ArYAll, JJ. (PATANJAL! SASTR! C. J. dissenting).-Section 12 of the Bombay Public Safety Measures Act, 1947; in so far, at any rate~ as
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