LAWS(ALL)-1951-5-6

RAJA SURYAPALSINGH Vs. U P GOVT

Decided On May 10, 1951
RAJA SURYAPALSINGH Appellant
V/S
U.P.GOVT. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These are applns. under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the constitutionality of an Act known as the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950 (U. P. Act No. I of 1951).

(2.) On 8-8-1946, the United Provinces Legislative Assembly passed the following resolution :

(3.) A Committee was appointed to give effect to the resolution & to prepare the necessary scheme. It made its report in July 1948. A Bill was introduced in the United Provinces Legislative Assembly on 7-7-1949. After some amendment it was passed by the State Legislature on 16-1-1951, & it received the assent of the President on 24-1-1951.