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Gram Panchayat of Village, Jamalpur v. Malwinder Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [1985] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 28
Bench Y.V. Chandrachud, S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, V.O. Tulzapurkar, O. Chinnappa Reddy and A. Varadarajan JJ.
Decided 9 July 1985

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the judgment of the High Court is set aside and this appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Constitution of India 1950, Articles 31, 31A, 254 Seventh Schedule List II Entry No. 18 and List III Entry No. 41. Assent of President to law sought for specific purpose - c Efficacy of assent - Limited to that purpose and cannot be exten­ ded beyond it. Law made by Parliament - Law made by State Legislature - Inconsistency - Which law to prevail. State Legislature whether competent to make law relating to agrarian reform in respect of property which by process of law vested in Central Government or Custodian. Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1950, Section 8 (2) & Punjab Village

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