Supreme Court of India

Sasanka Sekhar Maity & Ors. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 1209
Decided 9 May 1980

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Fixation of ceiling of agricultural holdings-Whether the provisions of Chapter JIB of the West Bengal Land &forms Act, 1955 (Act X of 1956) inserted by the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1971 (President's Act TJI of 1971) and replaced by the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972 (Act XII of 1972) with retrospective effect from February 15, 1971 is viola­ tive of the second proviso to Article 31A(1) of the Constitution. In furtherance of the Direc(ive Principles enshrined in Article 39(b), agra­ rian reforn1 wa~ undertaken in the State of West Bengal in two stages. The

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