THAKUR MADHOSINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE are connected applications under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Agricultural Rents Control Act (No. XIX) of 1952.

(2.) THE Act was passed on the 14th May, 1952, and was enforced in the districts of Bharatpur and Alwar on the 16th May, 1952. THE main contentions of the applicants are that the Act was void in view of Art. 13 of the Constitution because (1) it offends Art. 14, and (2) is not a reasonable restriction on the fundamental right conferred on the applicants by Art. 19 (1) (f), and cannot therefore be saved by Art. 19 (5) of the Constitution.

(3.) AS sec. 1 (3) falls,, and as that is the only section which provides for the enforcement of the Act, the whole Act, in our opinion, falls. It is unnecessary under the circumstances to consider the argument based on Art. 19.