https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195963 After sovereignty passed to a successor State, maintenance and Khorposh rights under the former regime were enforceable in municipal courts only if the new sovereign had recognised or continued them, expressly or by necessary implication. The Extra Provincial Jurisdiction Act, 1947 was read as preserving existing laws under section 4, and section 5 could not be used to override or extinguish rights kept alive by that scheme. Applying these principles, the Talcher allowances and the recognised Bamra and Kalahandi grants were protected from withdrawal by mere executive action, while the Bamra grant that had been validly annulled under the Act was not enforceable. en-us Mon, 16 Oct 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:28:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195963 After sovereignty passed to a successor State, maintenance and Khorposh rights under the former regime were enforceable in municipal courts only if the new sovereign had recognised or continued them, expressly or by necessary implication. The Extra Provincial Jurisdiction Act, 1947 was read as preserving existing laws under section 4, and section 5 could not be used to override or extinguish rights kept alive by that scheme. Applying these principles, the Talcher allowances and the recognised Bamra and Kalahandi grants were protected from withdrawal by mere executive action, while the Bamra grant that had been validly annulled under the Act was not enforceable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Oct 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195963