Supreme Court · 1954 INSC 69 · Decided 21 May 1954
Rajnarain Singh v. The Chairman, Patna Administration Committee, Patna, and ANOTHER.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1954 INSC 69 · [1955] 1 S.C.R. 290
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 202/1953
- Decided
- 21 May 1954
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, VIVIAN BOSE, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 132(1)
Headnote
21. 290 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1955] RAJNARAIN SINGH v. THE CHAIRMAN, PATNA ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, PATNA, AND ANOTHER. [MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN C.J., MuKHERJEA, VIVIAN _. BosE BH-AGWATI and VENKATARAMA AYYAR JJ.] Delegation of Legislative power-Limit and tfXtent of-Essen- ~ tial Legislative (!)-Whether intra vires-Bihar and Orissa Muni· cipal Act, 1922-Notification by Governor-Beyond s. 3(/)(f)- Ultra vires. An executive authority can be authorised by a statute to modify either existing or future laws but not in any essential feature. Exactly what constitutes an essential
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