Supreme Court of India

Lachmandas Kewalram Ahujaand Another v. The State of Bombay.

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Decided 20 May 1952

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Held, per MAHAJAN, MUKHERJEA, DAs and CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR, JJ. (PATANJALI SASTRI .J. dissenting).--Section 12 of the Bombay Public Safety Measures Act, 1947, in so far, at any rate, as it authorises the Government to direct particular "cases" to be tried by a Special Judge appointed under the Act does not purport to proceed on any classifica- tion and therefore contravenes Art. 14 of the Constitution and is void under Art. 13 on the principles laid down in the cases of State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar ([1952] S. .R. 284) and Kathi Raning Rawat v. Tht State of Saurash- tra ([1952] S.

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