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PETITIONER: THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS.
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THAKUR PRATAP SINGH.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 18/08/1960
BENCH: AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA BENCH: AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA DAS, S.K. HIDAYATULLAH, M. GUPTA, K.C. DAS SHAH, J.C.
CITATION: 1960 AIR 1208 CITATOR INFO : NF 1976 SC 490 (182)
ACT: Discrimination on grounds of caste and religion-Government notification exempting Harijans and Muslims from payment of additional police cost-Validity-Constitution of India, Art. 15(1)-Police Act, 1861 (V of 1861), s. 15.
HEADNOTE: By para 4 of a notification issued under s. 15 of the Police Act the Rajasthan Government exempted the Harijan and Muslim inhabitants of certain villages from payment of the cost of additional police force stationed therein. The notification was challenged as being violative of the guarantee contained in Art. 15(i) of the Constitution of India. Held, that since para 4 of the notification had discriminated against the law-abiding members of other communities and in favour of the Muslims and Harijans on the grounds of caste and religion, it was directly hit by the provision of Art. 15(i) of the Constitution and as such must be declared to be invalid.
JUDGMENT: CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 231 of 1956. Appeal from the judgment and order dated September 11, 1953, of the Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench) at Jaipur in Writ Application No....