GANGADHARRAO NARAYANRAO MAJUMDAR vs THE STATE OF BOMBAY AND ANOTHER WITH CONNECTED APPEALS)

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952, affirming that the right of an inamdar to appropriate the difference between full assessment and quit rent constitutes a right in an estate under Article 31-A(2)(b) of the Constitution. The Court ruled that the Act, which extinguished such rights without compensation, was valid as it fell within the protections of Article 31-A, thereby rejecting the appellants' claims regarding the nature of the property and the lack of compensation. The judgment confirmed that the Act did not violate Article 31, which mandates compensation for property acquisition.