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PETITIONER: MAHANT SRI JAGANNATH RAMANUJ DAS AND ANOTHER
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF ORISSA AND ANOTHER.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 16/03/1954
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. HASAN, GHULAM MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN
CITATION: 1954 AIR 400 1954 SCR 1046 CITATOR INFO : F 1956 SC 432 (2,5) R 1959 SC 942 (12,15) R 1961 SC 459 (11,43) R 1962 SC 853 (34) RF 1962 SC1371 (37,78) R 1965 SC1107 (48) RF 1971 SC 344 (6) R 1971 SC1182 (5) R 1972 SC1586 (12) RF 1973 SC 724 (43) R 1975 SC 846 (14) R 1976 SC1059 (29) F 1978 SC1181 (5) R 1980 SC1008 (11) RF 1981 SC1863 (24) R 1992 SC2038 (3,7)
ACT: Constitution of India, arts. 19(1)(f), 25, 26, 27-Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1939, as amended by Amending Act II of 1952, ss. 38 and 89 and proviso to s. 46--Whether ultra vires the Constitution--Section 49 of the Act--Whether ultra vires art. 27.
HEADNOTE: Held, that ss. 38 and 39 and the proviso to s. 46 of the Orissa Hindu Religious: Endowments Act, 1939 as amended by the Amending Act II of 1952 are ultra vires arts. 19(1) (f), 25 and 26 of the Constitution. The annual contribution provided in s. 49 of the Act is in the nature of a fee and not a tax and therefore it was within...