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PETITIONER: EBRAHIM VAZIR MAVAT
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY AND OTHERS.(With Connected Appeals)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 15/02/1954
BENCH: HASAN, GHULAM BENCH: HASAN, GHULAM MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN
CITATION: 1954 AIR 229 1954 SCR 933 CITATOR INFO : R 1956 SC 559 (4) F 1958 SC 731 (21) R 1959 SC 725 (11) F 1959 SC1315 (4,6) RF 1962 SC1371 (41)
ACT: Constitution of India, arts. 13(1), 19(1) (e)-Influx from Pakistan (Control) Act, 1949 (Act XXIII of 1949) s. 7 Whether ultra vires the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: Held, (Per MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN 0. J., MUKEMRJFA, ViviAN BosE and GHULAM HASAN JJ. ; S. R. DAs J. dissenting) that s. 7 of the Influx from Pakistan (Control) Act, 1949 is void under art. 13(1) in so far as it conflicts with the fundamental eight of a citizen of India under art.19(1) (a) of the Constitution and the order of physical removal of the citizen from in Is therefore liable to beset aside. Per DAB J.-In view of the circumstances the provisions of s. 7 of the Act were reasonable restrictions within the meaning of el. 5 of art. 19 of the constitution imposed in the interests of the general public upon the exercise by Indian citizen coming from Pakistan without a permit of, the rights conferred by art. 19(1)(d) and (e) of the Constitution.