Supreme Court of India · 1958-10-10
SHREE VINOD KUMAR & OTHERS. vs STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH(and connected petition)
- Citation / case number
- SC 1955/65
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SHREE VINOD KUMAR & OTHERS.
- Respondent
- STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH(and connected petition)
- Bench
- DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ),BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H.,SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.,SUBBARAO, K.,WANCHOO, K.N.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953, was unconstitutional as it was not passed by a duly constituted legislature, violating Articles 14, 19, and 31 of the Constitution. The Court rejected the argument that the old Legislative Assembly constituted the legislature for the new state, emphasizing that the Act could not be considered valid legislation. Consequently, the impugned Act was declared void.