Supreme Court of India · 1962-02-20
AMARSARJIT SINGH vs THE STATE OF PUNJAB(AND CONNECTED PETITIONS AND APPEALS)
- Citation / case number
- SC 1960/136
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- AMARSARJIT SINGH
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF PUNJAB(AND CONNECTED PETITIONS AND APPEALS)
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),SUBBARAO, K.,AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA,MUDHOLKAR, J.R.,AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the Punjab Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1957, affirming that the Cis-Sutlej jagirdars were subjects and that their revenue payments were based on an implied grant. The Court ruled that the British Government acted as the 'State Government' under Section 2(5) of the Act, and that the jagirs fell within the definition provided in Section 2(1). The Act was deemed constitutionally valid under entries 18 and 45 of List II of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.