Supreme Court of India

Dhirubha Devisingh Gohil v. The State of Bombay.

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 691
Bench Mehar Chand Mahajan C, Mukherjea, Vivian Bose. Jagannadhadas and Venkatarama Ayyar JJ.
Decided 11 October 1954

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Constitution of India (Fiw Amendment) Act, 1951, Art. 31- -Government of lndia Act, 1935 (25 and 26 Geo. 5 CH. 42), s. 299-Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949-(Bombay Act LXII of 1949)-Whether ultra vires the Constitution. Held, that the validity of the Bombay T;;iluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949 (Bombay Act LXII of 1949) cannot be questioned on the ground that it takes away or abridges the fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution of India in view of enactment of art. 31- which has been inserted in the Constitution by the First Amendment thereof in 1951 and in view of the .

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