GRAM PANCHAYAT OF VILLAGE, JAMALPUR vs MALWINDER SINGH & ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the conflict between the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 and the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1953, determining that the assent of the President to state laws is limited to the specific purpose for which it was granted under Articles 31 and 31A of the Constitution. The Court held that the State Legislature lacks the competence to legislate on agrarian reform concerning property vested in the Central Government or Custodian, thereby affirming the supremacy of Central law over State law in this context.