Supreme Court of India
Vasu Dev Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated hereinafter, think that the law laid down therein is correct.
Judgment, page 41
From the headnote
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949-Section 3-Notification under, by Administrator-Directing that provisions of Act not applicable to buildings and rented land whose monthly rental exceeded Rs. 1500-Validity of-Held: Delegation of essential legislative function is impermissible Administrator has no jurisdiction to issue a Notification which would have a permanent impact-It cannot change the basic features of the law or act contrary to the legislative policy-It could exercise power under section 3 only in terms of legislative policy-Administrator cannot repeal provisions of the main
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- 1960 Vasantlal Maganbhai Sanjanwala v. The State of Bombay and Others. (and Connected Appeal)
- 2005 State of Rajasthan and Ors. v. Basant Nahata
- 1984 S. Kandaswamy Chettiar v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
- 1998 C.N. Rudramurthy Etc. v. K. Barkatulla Khan and Ors. Etc.
- 2006 Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Ors. Etc. v. M/s Shantikunj Investment Pvt. Ltd.
- 1995 Parripati Chandrasekharrao and Sons v. Alapati Jalaiah
- 1959 Sardar Gurmej Singh v. Sardar Partap Singh Kairon
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others
- 2016 Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Gaurav Varshney & Anr.
- 2011 Swami Vivekanand College of Education & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 4 referred to
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