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The Consumer Action Group and anr. Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 - Sections 2(13), 5, 6, 15, 49, 91, 91A, 113, 122, 123 and 124; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 19(1) 21, 31(1) and 32; Tamil Nadu Minerals Concession Rules, 1959 - Rules 39; Tamil Nadu Private Educational Institutions (Regulation) Act, 1966 - Sections 22; Travancore-Cochin Land Tax Act, 1955 - Sections 4 and 7; Validation Act - Sections 3 and 4; Kerala General Sales Tax Act - Sections 59-A; Bombay Prohibition Act - Sections 139; Tamil Nadu Town Planning Act, 1920; Tamil Nadu Town and Planning (Amendment) Act, 1998; Assessment and Collection of Regularisation Fees (Chennai Metropolitan Rural Area) Rules, 1999; Madras Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1949 - Sections 13; Madras Cooperative Societies Act, 1932 - Sections 60

Reported in : AIR2000SC3060; 2000(4)CTC181; JT2000(9)SC272; 2000(6)SCALE1; (2000)7SCC425; [2000]Supp2SCR523

A.P. Misra, J.1. The petitioner challenges the constitutional validity of Section 113 of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') as it being ultra vires of Articles 14...