Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 354 · Decided 1 December 1987
Sant Lal Bharti v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 354 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 107
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1637/1987
- Decided
- 1 December 1987
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32, 226, 227
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 32 and 226-Petition challenging Constitutional validity of certain provisions of a Statute-­ Must be in the context of certain facts and not in abstract or vacuum­ Legislative wisdom of a legislation-Whether a ground for challenging validity of the Restriction Act, 1949: .. Section 4- Whether constitutionally valid-Rent prevalent in 1938--Basis for determination of fair rent-Whether unreasonable. The appellant filed a writ petition in the High Court questioning the vires of s. 4 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. He did
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