Supreme Court of India
State of Bihar and Another v. Umesh Jha
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We hold that s. 4(h) of the Act is likewise protected by Art. 31A of the Constitu tion.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Land Reform-Vesting of estate in the State-Enactment em· powering collector to set aside anticipatory settlement-Constitu· tional validity-Amendment-Effect-Bihar Land Reforms Act, r950 (Bihar 30 of r950), as amended by Bihar Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, I959 (Bihar I6 of z959), s. 4(h)-Constitution of India, Arts. I4, I9, 31, JIA. Section 4(h) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, as amended by the Bihar Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1959. which empowers the Collecfor to annul anticipatory transfers of land designed to defeat the object of the Act, is protected by Art. 31A of the Constitution
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