Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 148 · Decided 23 May 1972
Neel & Nirenjan Majumdar v. The State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 148 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 675
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 77/1972
- Decided
- 23 May 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, HANS RAJ KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 324; Constitution Article 32; Arms Act Section 2(l)(c), 25
Headnote
675 Genual €/auses Act, 1897-Ss. F, 24-Eflect of-Arms Act. 1959 repealing and re-enacting A..rn1s A.ct, 1818-l\fotification issued urtdtr k1tter Act, if continue wuJer tlie l959~Act-Am1s Ac,, •Q59-S. 2(1) (c) PwMd, if 'anns'-West Bengal (Pl"evenl'ion of Vio,e1i· Act is that a notification of 1923 issued under section 15 of the Arm' Act, 1878 prohibiting the acquisition, possession or carrying of -arn1~ other than fire arms without a licence, not only continued to operate but has to be deemed to have been en2cted under the Arms Act, 1959, which repealed
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