Supreme Court of India

Director of Settlements A.P. and Ors. v. M.R. Apparao and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 661

Bench G.B. Pattanaik, S.N. Phukan and S.N. Variava JJ.

Decided 20 March 2002

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Andhra Pradesh Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948: Sections 39, 41, 44, 50 and 54 and Amended Act 3 of 1971. Estates-Abolition of-Payment of Compensation-Interim payment payable to the estate holder-Restricted by-Ordinance-Subsequent amendment in the Act-Validity of-On challenge High Court held, amendment to the extent it extinguished the vested right of the estate holder to receive interim compensation till the promulgation of Ordinance was ultravires of Article 31(2) of the Constitution-Validity of-Held, Amendments made to the Act are constitutionally valid. Article

Authorities it was built on

1982 D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India cited by 127
1990 Krishena Kumar and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 22
1960 Satyadhyan Ghosal and Others v. Sm. Deorajin Debi and Another. cited by 17
1959 Sri Rajah Velugoti Venkata Sesha Varda Raja Gopala Krishna Yachandra Bahadur Kumar Rajah, Venkatagiri v. The State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 5
2001 U.P. Pollution Control Board and Ors. v. Kanoria Industrial Ltd. and Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2022 State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors. relied on
2020 Hari Krishna Mandir Trust v. State of Maharashtra and Others relied on
2019 Anupal Singh and Others v. State of U.p through Principal Secretary, Personnel Department and Others relied on
2015 Delhi Development Authority v. Gaurav Kukreja relied on
2011 Fida Hussain & Ors. v. Moradabad Development Authority & Anr. relied on
2025 Anjuman Ishaat-e-taleem Trust v. The State of Maharashtra and Others referred to
2025 Canara Bank v. Ajithkumar G.K. referred to
2021 Modified Voluntary Retirement Scheme of 2002 of Azam Jahi Mill Workers Associationnational Textile Corporation Limited & Ors. v. National Textile Corporation Limited & Ors. referred to
2019 Ravinder Kaur Grewal & Ors v. Manjit Kaur & Ors. referred to
2017 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority v. Pradip Kumar Ghosh & Others referred to
2013 Ravinder Singh v. Sukhbir Singh & Ors. referred to
2013 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Honble Mr. Justice R. A. Mehta (retd) & Ors. referred to
2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 mentioned

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