Supreme Court of India

Kannan Devan Hills Produce Company Ltd. v. The State of Kerala and Another

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Reported as [1973] 1 S.C.R. 356
Bench S. M. Srkrr, J. M. Shelat, A. N. Ray, I. D. Dua and H. R. Khanna JJ.
Decided 27 April 1972

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Kannan Devan Hills (Resumption of Lands) Act, 1971 (Kera/a Act 5 of 1971)-Comvetency of State legislature to enact-Sections 4 & 5 of Act do not fa// under entry 52 List I but under entries 18 of List II and .i2 of List III In Seventh Schedule of Constitution-Act whether has pro­ tection of Act 31A of Constitution-Land in question whether °'estate', The petitioner was in possession of an area of approximately 1,27,904 acres, commonly known as the 'Concession Area' lying contiguously in the Kannan Devan Hills village. The concession was firs.t given to the predecessor-in-interest of the

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