https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175248 A State law whose pith and substance concerns land, land tenures, acquisition and requisition remains within State legislative competence under the relevant constitutional entries, even if it incidentally affects a tea plantation or a Union-controlled industry, and it is not repugnant where the Union law does not prohibit land acquisition. The lands were treated as falling within the constitutional notion of an estate, and in any event within janmam right, on the basis of historical grants, revenue records and local tenure character. The scheme for vesting, restoration and assignment was also characterised as agrarian reform because it promoted agriculture, protected the agricultural population and assigned land to agriculturists and labourers, bringing the measure within Article 31A. en-us Thu, 27 Apr 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:07:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175248 A State law whose pith and substance concerns land, land tenures, acquisition and requisition remains within State legislative competence under the relevant constitutional entries, even if it incidentally affects a tea plantation or a Union-controlled industry, and it is not repugnant where the Union law does not prohibit land acquisition. The lands were treated as falling within the constitutional notion of an estate, and in any event within janmam right, on the basis of historical grants, revenue records and local tenure character. The scheme for vesting, restoration and assignment was also characterised as agrarian reform because it promoted agriculture, protected the agricultural population and assigned land to agriculturists and labourers, bringing the measure within Article 31A. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Apr 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175248