Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 41 · Decided 20 February 1975
The District Council, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills, Shillong and ANR. v. Ka Drepsjla Lyngdoh of Svllai-U-Lor, Mylliem, Mylliem Siemship, United KHASI-JA1NTJA Hills and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 41 · [1975] 3 S.C.R. 601
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1475/1969
- Decided
- 20 February 1975
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, A.C. GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 244(2)
Headnote
Co11stir111ion of India, 1950, Schedule VJ, Paras 6 and 20 Scope- of-Whether l'illai;<' of Mall'kher is included within tile Sl1i/lo11g Municipality. Th~ Exccu111·c Com111i11ce of United Khasi·Jaintia Hills dir~cted thut no new construcllon or re-constr.u'ction of stalls should be under· taken in Burn Bnznr. The respondents, who were. thus p1·ohibitcd from construe· ting their shops !\led the writ petitions in the High Court chnllenglng the
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