Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1997KAR1573
..... ., challenged the vires of the bombay merged territories and areas (jagirs abolition) act, 1953, bombay act xxxix of 1954, by which the state legislature of bombay had abolished the jagirs, mainly relying upon the agreements of merger entered into by the rulers of the respective states with the dominion of india and the collateral letters of guarantee passed by the ministry of ..... the surrounding circumstances brought to the notice of the court on which the classification may reasonably be regarded as based, the presumption of constitutionality cannot be carried to the extent of always holding that there must be some undisclosed and unknown reasons for subjecting certain individuals or corporations to hostile or discriminating legislation.the above principles will have to be constantly borne in mind by the court when it is called upon to adjudge the constitutionality of any particular ..... . basantibai, : [1986]1scr707 , the supreme court while considering the constitutional validity of maharashtra housing and development act, which dealt with the acquisition of the land held that as the land was being acquired for the purposes of being developed and distributed amongst the people as house sites, the statute had the protection of article ..... list-ii reads:'land, that is to say, rights in or over land tenures including the relation of landlord and tenant, and the collection of rents; transfer and alienation of agricultural land; land improvement and agricultural loans; colonization .....
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