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PETITIONER: DHIRUBHA DEVISINGH GOHIL
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY.[WITH CONNECTED APPEALS]
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/10/1954
BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. BOSE, VIVIAN AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA
CITATION: 1955 AIR 47 1955 SCR (1) 691 CITATOR INFO : F 1961 SC 14 (6,7) R 1962 SC 821 (10,19) D 1971 SC1992 (16) R 1976 SC1207 (60,77,159,464,538) R 1977 SC1027 (29) RF 1979 SC 25 (38,40) R 1984 SC1178 (12,13,15,16)
ACT: Constitution of India (First Amendment) Act, 1951, Art. 31-B -Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and 26 Geo. 5 CH. 42), s. 299-Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949--(Bombay Act LXII of 1949)- Whether ultra vires the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: Held, that the validity of the Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949 (Bombay Act LXII of 1949) cannot be questioned on the ground that it takes away or abridges the fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution of India in view of enactment of art. 31-B which has been inserted in the Constitution by the First Amendment thereof in 1951 and in view of the Act having been specifticaIly enumerated as item No. 4 in the Ninth Schedule. On the language used in art. 31-B of the Constitution of India the validity of Bombay Act LXII of 1949 cannot also be ...