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PETITIONER: ZAMINDAR OF ETTAYAPURAM
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF MADRAS.(and connected appeals)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/02/1954
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN ALAGIRISWAMI, A.
CITATION: 1954 AIR 257 1954 SCR 761 CITATOR INFO : F 1954 SC 605 (2)
ACT: Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, (Act XXVI of1948)--Validity thereof--Article 31(6) of the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: The Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, (Act XXVI of 1948) was passed by the Provincial Legislature of Madras functioning under the Government of India Act, 1935 and it received the assent of the Governor*General of India on the 2nd of April, 1949. After the advent of the Constitution, the Act was reserved for the certification of the President and it was certified on the 12th of April, 1950: Held, that in view of the provisions of art. 31(6) of the Constitution the validity of the Act could not be challenged on the ground that it contravened the provisions of s. 299(2) of the Government of India Act, 1935. Shankari Prasad Singh Deo v. Union of India ([1952] S.C.R. 89), The State of Bihar v. Maharajadhiraja Sir Kameshwar Singh ([1952] S.C.R. 889) and Narayan Deo v. The State of Orissa ([1954] S.C.R. 1) referred to.