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PETITIONER: KEDAR NATH BAJORIA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL.HARI RAM VAIDV.THE STATE OF WEST BE
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 22/05/1953
BENCH: SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) BENCH: SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 404 1954 SCR 30 CITATOR INFO : RF 1954 SC 424 (19) RF 1954 SC 660 (1) R 1956 SC 246 (69) RF 1957 SC 503 (18) R 1958 SC 538 (12,17) R 1960 SC 239 (6,7,8,9,11,ETC) R 1960 SC 266 (10,27,31) R 1960 SC 457 (9,17) R 1961 SC1602 (12) RF 1966 SC1061 (13) R 1974 SC2009 (11,13,15,30,36,37) F 1974 SC2044 (3) R 1979 SC 478 (64,69,70) RF 1992 SC1277 (85)
ACT: West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1949,s. 4(1)-Constitution of India, 1950, arts. 14, 20-Law constituting Special Courts to try special kinds of offences and empowering executive to direct particular cases to be tried by Special Courts-Validity-Equal protection of law- Tests of validity Reasonable classification-imposition of additional fines Legality.
HEADNOTE: Whether an enactment Providing for special procedure for the trial of certain offences is or is not discriminatory and violative of art. 14 of the Constitution must be determined in each case as it arises, for no gen...