https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287884 The Supreme Court examined whether ss. 3, 4 and 6 of the Bombay Land Tenure Abolition Laws (Amendment) Act, 1958 were colourable legislation and whether they infringed property and equality rights. The majority treated the provisions as doing more than creating an evidentiary presumption: they expanded the class of permanent tenants, restricted tenure-holders' ability to contest claims, and retrospectively reduced the price payable under s. 32H of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. It further held that the six-month limit in s. 6 was unreasonable and that Art. 31A did not protect the provisions. The impugned provisions were held unconstitutional and void. en-us Fri, 22 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 07 May 2020 10:55:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287884 The Supreme Court examined whether ss. 3, 4 and 6 of the Bombay Land Tenure Abolition Laws (Amendment) Act, 1958 were colourable legislation and whether they infringed property and equality rights. The majority treated the provisions as doing more than creating an evidentiary presumption: they expanded the class of permanent tenants, restricted tenure-holders' ability to contest claims, and retrospectively reduced the price payable under s. 32H of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. It further held that the six-month limit in s. 6 was unreasonable and that Art. 31A did not protect the provisions. The impugned provisions were held unconstitutional and void. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287884