SREE RAGHUTHILAKATHIRTHASREEPADANGALAVARU SWAMIJI vs THE STATE OF MYSORE AND OTHERS

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of Section 6(2) of the Mysore Tenancy Act, 1952, which allows the government to fix standard rent for agricultural lands, stating it is substantially similar to Section 6 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, which was previously validated in Vasantlal Maganbhai Sanjanwala v. The State of Bombay. The Court ruled that the appellant's arguments regarding constitutional violations under Articles 14, 19(1)(f), 26, 31, and 31A were unfounded, affirming that Section 6(1) applies to all agricultural leases until a notification under Section 6(2) is issued. Thus, the notification fixing standard rent was deemed valid.