Supreme Court of India

State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. v. Ananthi Ammal and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 666
Bench J.S. Verma, S.P. Bharucha and K.S. Paripoornan JJ.
Decided 22 November 1994

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are allowed and the provisions of Chapter VI of the Slum Clearance Act are held to be intra vires the Constitution.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Article 14-Tamil Nadu Acquisition oflandfor Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978--Constitutional validity­ Cha/lenged-Held, Except for provisions of Section 11 (1) insofar as they provide for payment of compensation in instalments, the Act is intra vires the Constitution-Provisions of section 11 (1) subsequent to words 'in a lump-sum' struck down. This appeal was filed by the State against the judgment and order of the High Court whereby the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978, was struck down as being ultra vires the Constitution of India.

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