https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168348 The retrospective amendments in the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 1978 validly omitted the 1974 amendment by non-obstante and deeming clauses, thereby restoring the principal Act as if the earlier changes had never been made. That legislative effacement was within competence because it removed the legal basis of the earlier High Court reasoning rather than directing disobedience to a judicial order. On that footing, vesting was treated as having occurred on the date of the section 18(1) notification, so compensation for the surplus lands had to be computed under the reduced multiple then in force. The challenge failed. en-us Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168348 The retrospective amendments in the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Amendment Act, 1978 validly omitted the 1974 amendment by non-obstante and deeming clauses, thereby restoring the principal Act as if the earlier changes had never been made. That legislative effacement was within competence because it removed the legal basis of the earlier High Court reasoning rather than directing disobedience to a judicial order. On that footing, vesting was treated as having occurred on the date of the section 18(1) notification, so compensation for the surplus lands had to be computed under the reduced multiple then in force. The challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168348