Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 44 · Decided 20 February 1981
Sri Sri Kalimata Thakurani & Sri Sri Raghunath Jew & ORS. ETC. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 44 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 950
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1345/1979
- Decided
- 20 February 1981
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(l)(e), 32
Headnote
West Bengal Land Refornzs Act, 1955, S. 2(8) Proviso and Explanation, S. 20B(3), (4) and (5); West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972 & U'e.H Bengal Land Reforms (Ame11dn11ent) Ac1, 1977-Constitutional validity of. ~ Constitution of India, 1950, Articles 14, 19(l)(e), (g) and Nimh of Fundamental Rights-Complaint of-Court . to determine whether restrictions contain quality of reasonableness. The West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 permitted a tenant (land-holder} to get the land cultivated by a bargadar, on the basis that the bargadar would D share the produce, and the
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