Supreme Court of India · 1960-10-03
RANGILDAS VARAJDAS KHANDWALA vs COLLECTOR OF SURAT AND OTHERS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1959/45
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RANGILDAS VARAJDAS KHANDWALA
- Respondent
- COLLECTOR OF SURAT AND OTHERS.
- Author
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(),KAPURL.,GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,SUBBARAO, K.,WANCHOO, K.N.
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),KAPUR, J.L.,GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,SUBBARAO, K.,WANCHOO, K.N.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952, affirming its protection under Article 31-A of the Constitution of India. The Court ruled that the Act validly allowed for the assessment of inam lands used for non-agricultural purposes under Section 52 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879. It clarified that the exception in Section 7 of the Act did not exempt such lands from the provisions of Sections 4 and 5, and that the assessment process was correctly applied in this case.