Supreme Court of India

Sant Lal Bharti v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1988] 2 S.C.R. 107
Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and S. Ranganathan JJ.
Decided 1 December 1987

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Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 32 and 226-Petition challenging Constitutional validity of certain provisions of a Statute-­ Must be in the context of certain facts and not in abstract or vacuum­ Legislative wisdom of a legislation-Whether a ground for challenging validity of the Act passed by one State in comparison with similar Acts passed by other States. East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949: .. Section 4- Whether constitutionally valid-Rent prevalent in 1938--Basis for determination of fair rent-Whether unreasonable. The appellant filed a writ petition in the High Court

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