Supreme Court of India

The Property Owners' Association and Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 230
Bench J.S. Verma, K.S. Paripoornan and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 1 May 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we direct that the papers be laid before the learned Chief Justice of India for constitution a larger Bench of not less than five Judges for hearing and deciding these matters.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 : Ss.103A to 103M-Acquisition of properties on payment of hundred times of monthly rent for the premises--Whether provisions of Chapter VIII- are constitutionally valid-Matter referred to Five Judges Bench. Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 31 -Interpretation of-Whether provisions of chapter VIII- of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 are constitutionally valid-Matter refe"ed to Five Judges Bench. His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kera/a and Another, [1973) Supp. S. .R. 1; Minerva Mills Ltd. &

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