Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 245 · Decided 17 December 1973
State of Punjab and ANR. v. Khan Chand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 245 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 768
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1730/1967
- Decided
- 17 December 1973
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, HANS RAJ KHANNA, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, A. ALAGIRISWAMI, P.N. BHAGWATI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, A.rt. 14-11 s. 2 of the East . Pun/ab Movable Property (Req14/sltlonlng) A.ct, (15 of 1941) Is violative of A.rt. 14. A B Tho truck of the respondent w.,. requisitioned under s. 2 of tho Eaat Punjab Movable Property (R<quisitioning) Act, 1947 for famino relief work. if it considers it necessa'1 or expedient so to do, may requisition any movable_ ·property •••••• provided that no property used for the purpose of religious worship and. no aircraft or any thing connected C with aircraft, shall be requisitioned. On the
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