S. SHANMUGAVEL NADAR vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU

The case concerns the constitutional validity of the Madras City Tenants Protection (Amendment) Act, 1994. The court examines whether the validity of a previous amendment from 1960, which was upheld by the High Court and subsequently affirmed by the Supreme Court, creates a binding precedent for the validity of the 1994 Amendment. The central issue is the applicability of prior judicial determinations to subsequent legislative amendments of the same parent Act.