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PETITIONER: ATMA RAM
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS(and connected petition)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/12/1958
BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. SUBBARAO, K. WANCHOO, K.N.
CITATION: 1959 AIR 519 1959 SCR Supl. (1) 748 CITATOR INFO : R 1960 SC 796 (3) R 1960 SC1080 (17,69,75) E 1961 SC 954 (23) R 1962 SC 137 (8) R 1962 SC 694 (26,27,67) R 1962 SC 723 (42) R 1965 SC 632 (4) R 1967 SC1110 (11,12) R 1967 SC1373 (40) R 1972 SC 425 (31) F 1972 SC 486 (13) R 1985 SC 236 (46) RF 1988 SC1708 (15)
ACT: Land Tenure-Modification of landlord’s rights in land-Enact- ment-Competence of State Legislature-Constitutional validity--Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act (Punj. X of 1953),as amended by Act XI of 1955, s. 18-Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 19, 31, 31A, 246(3), Entry 18,List 11, Seventh Schedule-Punjab Land Revenue Act (Punj. XVII of 1887), ss. 3(1), 3(3).
HEADNOTE: The point in controversy in these petitions was the con- stitutional validity of the Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act (Punj. X Of 1953), as amended by Act XI of 1955, which sought to "provide for the security of land-tenure and othe...