Supreme Court of India
Harbhajan Singh v. State of Haryana & Ors.
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We hold that Section 72 of the 1966 Act empowers the Central Government to issue directions pertaining to the ‘functioning’ and ‘operation’ of an inter-State body corporate in the areas where it was functioning and operating immediately before the appointed day.
Judgment, page 41
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Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966 – s. 72 – Haryana S ikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014 – Inter-State Corporati on Act. 1957 – ss.3, 4 – States Reorganisation Act, 1956 – Whether s. 7 2 of the 1966 Act and ss. 3 and 4 of the 1957 Act, were transitional provisions – Held: The 1957 Act is a statute to empower the Ce ntral Government to issue directions from time to time so that on account of creation of separate States, statutory bodies in the new States can function smoothly – Central Government could issue direct ions in terms of the 1957 Act only to give effect to reorganisati on of the
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