https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308228 Pre-emption laws were assessed as restrictions on the constitutional freedom to acquire and transfer property. Vicinage-based pre-emption under the Rewa Act was found unreasonable because it mainly excluded outsiders and encouraged litigation, so that provision was struck down. By contrast, pre-emption in favour of co-sharers, common staircase or common entrance situations, and the Berar scheme for occupants in the same survey number were treated as reasonable restrictions because they reflected shared property relations and supported consolidation or convenient management of holdings. The Article 14 challenge to the Punjab classifications also failed because the distinctions were based on intelligible differences. en-us Wed, 07 Mar 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:55:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308228 Pre-emption laws were assessed as restrictions on the constitutional freedom to acquire and transfer property. Vicinage-based pre-emption under the Rewa Act was found unreasonable because it mainly excluded outsiders and encouraged litigation, so that provision was struck down. By contrast, pre-emption in favour of co-sharers, common staircase or common entrance situations, and the Berar scheme for occupants in the same survey number were treated as reasonable restrictions because they reflected shared property relations and supported consolidation or convenient management of holdings. The Article 14 challenge to the Punjab classifications also failed because the distinctions were based on intelligible differences. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Mar 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308228