Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 234 · Decided 11 May 2012
State of M.P. v. Rakesh Kohli & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 234 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 684/2004
- Decided
- 11 May 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Stamp Act Section 45(d)
Headnote
A B Stamp Act, 1899 - Article 45(d) of Schedule 1-A [as introduced by Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2002] - Constitutional validity of - Test of classification - Power C of Attorney to sell/transfer immovable properly situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh - Article 45(d) prescribing given without consideration to a person other than the kith and kin - Distinction carved out in Article 45(d) between an agent who D was a blood relation and who was an outsider - Challenge to - High Court held Article 45(d) as violative of Article 14 of the Constitutiof} - Justification of -
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