Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 204 · Decided 3 May 1961
State of Bihar and Another v. Umesh Jha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 204 · [1962] 2 S.C.R. 687
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 425/1957
- Decided
- 3 May 1961
- Bench
- J.L. KAPUR, K. SUBBA RAO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, RAGHUBAR DAYAL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 4(h), 31A, 14, 19, 31, 226
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS, 687 STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER v. UMESH JHA (J. L. KAPUR, K. SUBBA RAO, M. HrnAYATULLAH, J. C; SHAH and RAGHUBAR DAYAL, JJ.) Land Reform-Vesting of estate in the State-Enactment em· powering collector to set aside anticipatory settlement-Constitu· tional Section 4(h) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, as amended by the Bihar Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1959. which empowers the Collecfor to annul anticipatory transfers of land designed to defeat the object of the Act, is protected by Art. 31A of the Constitution although it does not by itself
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