https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276937 The impugned resumption order, made while Junagadh was under Dominion administration, was treated as an act of State because it was a sovereign act during the process of territorial acquisition and not an exercise of municipal law. The Court held that the residents' asserted rights had not yet been recognised by the new sovereign, so they were not enforceable in municipal courts. As the Dominion's assumption of administration had not terminated when the order was passed, the dispute was non-justiciable and the suit could not be maintained. en-us Tue, 04 Aug 1959 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:57:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276937 The impugned resumption order, made while Junagadh was under Dominion administration, was treated as an act of State because it was a sovereign act during the process of territorial acquisition and not an exercise of municipal law. The Court held that the residents' asserted rights had not yet been recognised by the new sovereign, so they were not enforceable in municipal courts. As the Dominion's assumption of administration had not terminated when the order was passed, the dispute was non-justiciable and the suit could not be maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Aug 1959 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276937