Supreme Court of India · 1967-03-02
MANEKLAL CHHOTALAL & ORS. vs M. G. MAKWANA & ORS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1966/60198
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- MANEKLAL CHHOTALAL & ORS.
- Respondent
- M. G. MAKWANA & ORS.
- Author
- RAO, K. SUBBA (),SHAHC.,SIKRI, S.M.,RAMASWAMI, V.,VAIDYIALINGAM, C.A.
- Bench
- RAO, K. SUBBA (CJ),SHAH, J.C.,SIKRI, S.M.,RAMASWAMI, V.,VAIDYIALINGAM, C.A.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the Bombay Town Planning Act, 1954, is constitutionally valid under Entry 18 of List II and Entry 20 of List III of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. The Court emphasized that legislative heads should be interpreted broadly unless restricted by the Constitution. The petitioners' claims that the Act conferred arbitrary powers and violated their fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19(1)(f), and 31 were dismissed, affirming the Act's purpose of orderly urban development.