Supreme Court of India

K.K. Poonacha v. State of Karnataka and Others

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 1022
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 7 September 2010

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Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 - Constitutional validity of - Challenged on the ground of non- e compliance of Article 31(3) - Held: The 1976 Act cannot be declared unconstitutional or void only on the ground that the Act was not reserved for the consideration of the President and did not receive the assent as per the requirement of Article 31(3) - If a post-Constitution law is within the legislative competence of the Union or State and does not infringe any of the rights conferred by Part Ill of the Constitution, then the same cannot be declared void on the ground of non­

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