Supreme Court of India

In Re: the Berubari Union and Exchange of Enclaves Reference Under Article 143(1) of the Constitution of India v..

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Reported as [1960] 3 S.C.R. 250
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 14 March 1960

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President's Reference-Inda-Pakistan Agreement, r958-Divi­ sion of Berubari Union and exchange of Cooch-Behar Enclaves-If involve cession of territory-Implementation-Amendment of Consti­ tution-Constitution of India, Arts. I, 3, 368. As a result of the Radcliffe Award dated August 12, 1947, Berubari Union No. 12 fell within West.Bengal and was treated as such by the Constitution which came into force on January 26, 1950, and has since been governed on that basis. Certain dis­ putes arose between India and Pakistan subsequent to the Rad­ .cJiffe Award but Berubari was not in issue before the

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