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PETITIONER: BABURAO SHANTARAM MORE
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE BOMBAY HOUSING BOARD ANDANOTHER.,
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 18/12/1953
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1954 AIR 153 1954 SCR 572 CITATOR INFO : R 1967 SC1581 (8,19,21) MV 1974 SC2009 (3,23) D 1985 SC 270 (6,10) E&F 1989 SC1642 (15)
ACT: Constitution of India, art. 14-Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodg- ing House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Act LVII of 1947), s. 4- Bombay Housing Board (Amendment) Act (Bombay Act XI of 1951) inserting new s. 3-A in Bombay Housing Board Act (Act LXIX of 1948) -Whether ultra vires the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: Held, that neither s. 4 of Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Act LVII of 1947) nor the new s 3-A inserted in Bombay Housing Board Act, (Act LXIX of 1948@ by the Amending Act (Bombay Act XI of 1951) is ultra vires art. 14 of the Constitution. The facts and arguments are sufficiently stated in the Judgment.
JUDGMENT: ORIGINAL JURISDICTION PETITION No. 271 of 1952 Petition for special leave to appeal No. 108 of 1952. Petition under article 32 of the Constitution and petition for special leave against the Judgment and Order stated the 7th July, 1952, of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Chagla C. J. and Gajendragadkar ...