https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169527 Parliament's declaration under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was treated as occupying the field for minor minerals, leaving no room for State legislation to alter existing lease terms. The Bihar amendment to section 10(2) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 was therefore beyond legislative competence and invalid. The amended rule applying revised rent, royalty and surface rent to leases already in force was also ineffective, because vested rights under pre-existing leases could not be displaced by subordinate legislation without authority from competent legislation. The text concludes that the enhanced demands could not be enforced against existing leaseholders. en-us Thu, 28 Aug 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 10:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169527 Parliament's declaration under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was treated as occupying the field for minor minerals, leaving no room for State legislation to alter existing lease terms. The Bihar amendment to section 10(2) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 was therefore beyond legislative competence and invalid. The amended rule applying revised rent, royalty and surface rent to leases already in force was also ineffective, because vested rights under pre-existing leases could not be displaced by subordinate legislation without authority from competent legislation. The text concludes that the enhanced demands could not be enforced against existing leaseholders. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Aug 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169527