Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 168 · Decided 18 September 1973
State of Kerala and ANR. v. The Gwalior Rayon Silk Manufacturing (WVG.) CO. LTD. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 168 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 671
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1938/1972
- Decided
- 18 September 1973
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, D.G. PALEKAR, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, V.R. KRISHNA IYER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 31A(l), 31A(I), 32
Headnote
Co11!.titu1io11 of India, 1950-Artic!e 31A-The Kera/a Prirate Forests (Vesting and Assig11111e11t) Act, 1971-Act if entitled to the protection of article 31A-Prirate forest held in Ja11n1an right-If necessary to sliolv they are agricul­ tural (iii) of article 31A-Agrarian Refonn, nieaning. The Kerala Private Forests (Vesting & Assignn1ent) Act (1\ct 26 of 1971) purported to acquire forest lands held on J ann1an right. \Vithout payment of compensation, for implementing a schen1e of agrarian reform by assigning lands On
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