https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171462 Section 2 of the East Punjab Movable Property (Requisitioning) Act, 1947 was considered unconstitutional because it permitted requisition of any movable property without prescribing any principle, policy or public purpose to guide the State Government or authorised officers. The absence of legislative standards also left compensation to be fixed without governing criteria, creating uncontrolled discretion and the risk of arbitrary discrimination. The majority further held that delegation under section 8 did not cure this defect and that article 31(5) did not bar an article 14 challenge to a pre-Constitution law. On that reasoning, section 2 was invalid and the remaining provisions could not survive. en-us Mon, 17 Dec 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:53:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171462 Section 2 of the East Punjab Movable Property (Requisitioning) Act, 1947 was considered unconstitutional because it permitted requisition of any movable property without prescribing any principle, policy or public purpose to guide the State Government or authorised officers. The absence of legislative standards also left compensation to be fixed without governing criteria, creating uncontrolled discretion and the risk of arbitrary discrimination. The majority further held that delegation under section 8 did not cure this defect and that article 31(5) did not bar an article 14 challenge to a pre-Constitution law. On that reasoning, section 2 was invalid and the remaining provisions could not survive. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Dec 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171462