Supreme Court of India
Khalsa University and Another v. The State of Punjab and Another
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we accept the contentions of the learned Counsel for the appellant, and hold that Section 5 of the Second Amendment Act (Act 11 of 1966), introducing Section 13-A in the Act, is discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution and, as such, has to be struck down as unconstitutional.
Judgment, page 29
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellants inter-alia seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari praying for quashing “The Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017” dated 17 th July 2017. The issues which arises for consideration are: Whether an enactment for giving out a differential treatment to a single entity is valid in law or not; whether the Impugned Act is liable to be struck down on the ground of manifest arbitrariness. Headnotes † Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017 – Whether an enactment for giving out a differential treatment to a
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others
- 1950 Chiranjit Lal Chowdhuri v. The Union of India and Others.
- 1980 Ajay Hasia Etc. v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi & Ors. Etc.
- 2012 Re: Special Reference N0.1 of 2012 v. --
- 2017 Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others
- 2003 Dharam Dutt and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1982 S.P. Mittal Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Others
- 2015 Rajbala & Others v. State of Haryana & Others
- 1964 Raja Birakishore v. The State of Orissa
- 2008 P. Venugopal v. Union of India
- 2021 State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. v. National South Indian River Interlinking Agriculturist Association
- 2021 Chandan Banerjee & Ors. v. Krishna Prosad Ghosh & Ors.
- 1966 D.S. Reddy v. Chancellor, Osmania University & Ors.
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