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PETITIONER: RAM PRASAD NARAYAN SAHI AND ANOTHER
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 20/02/1953
BENCH: SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) BENCH: SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 215 1953 SCR 1129 CITATOR INFO : RF 1956 SC 479 (14,26) F 1958 SC 538 (12) R 1961 SC1570 (14) R 1962 SC1371 (78) R 1963 SC 222 (51) R 1974 SC1044 (14) RF 1980 SC1789 (36) RF 1983 SC 1 (167) RF 1986 SC 872 (82) RF 1992 SC1277 (34,85,96)
ACT: Constitution of India, 1950, arts. 13,14-Sathi Lands (Res- toration) Act, 1950-Law declaring settlement of land with particular individual void-Validity-Infringement of fundamental right to equal protection of the laws- Discrimination-presumption of reasonableness.
HEADNOTE: The Court of Wards granted to the appellants a large area of land belonging to the Bettiah Raj which was then under the management of the Court of Wards, on the recommendation of the Board of Revenue, at half the usual rates. A few years later, the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress expressed the opinion that the settlement of the lands was against public interest, and in 1950, the Bihar Legislature passed an Act called the Sathi Lands (Restoration) ...