Supreme Court of India

Glanrock Estate (p) Ltd. v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2010] 12 S.C.R. 597
Bench S.H. Kapadia, K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 9 September 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Janmam Act (Act 24 of 1969) was in respect of "land" and "land tenure" under Entry 18, List II of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 34

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 368, 14, 19, 21, 300A and Ninth Schedule rlw. c Article 31 - Immunity to laws inserted in Ninth Schedule - Scope of - Constitutional validity of Janmam Act upheld in Balmadies case* except the provisions thereof which provided for acquisition of forest Land - Insertion of the Act 0 in the Ninth Schedule - Proceedings in respect of the land in question, under Janmam Act - Challenged - High Court upheld the proceedings - On appeal, matter referred to Constitution Bench of Supreme Court - The Constitution Bench in l.R. Coe/ho's case*** held that Article 31B

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