Supreme Court of India

Harbhajan Singh Etc v. State of Punjab and Others

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Reported as [2019] 17 S.C.R. 828
Bench N. V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 4 December 2019

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Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Re nt Recovery) Act, 1997 – Vires of 1997 Act – Challenge to, by the tenant on the ground that they are entitled to prot ection against eviction under East Punjab Rent Act which cannot be tak en away under the Religious Premises Act – Held: Vires of t he Religious Premises Act, a special enactment concerning landlord and tenant relationships, cannot be challenged on the ground t hat there are already two other enactments governing general land lord and tenant relationships-Transfer of Property Act and East Punja b Rent Act – Constitution

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