226 and 227 of the Constitution of India.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by IMAM, J. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Nagpur High Court dismissing the appellants petition under Arts.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated October 16, 1952, of the former Nagpur High Court in Misc.
Con sequently the Governments in India came to have exclusive and plenary authority, jurisdiction and powers over the Baster State with effect from January 1, 1948.
As the rest of the villages in Schedule A and the villages in Schedule B, upto the date of the High Court judgment, had number been recognized as the private property of the appellant by the Government of India as required by the second and third paragraphs of the Merger Agreement, the appellant companyld number assert his ownership over them.
The High Court certified under Art.
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The appellant was the Ruler of the State of Baster.
Hence the present appeal.
The Legislature of the State of Madhya Pradesh passed the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Estates, Mahals, Alienated Lands Act, 1950 Madhya Pradesh Act 1 of 1951 , hereinafter referred to as the Act, which received the assent of the President of India on January 22, 1951.
Thereafter, he entered into an agreement with the Dominion of India popularly known as The Stand Still Agreement.
S. K. Sastri, for the appellant.
On December 15, 1947, he entered into an agreement with the Government of India whereby he ceded the State of Baster to the Government of India to be integrated with the Central Provinces and Berar number the State of Madhya Pradesh in such manner as the Government of India thought fit.
198 of 1954.
November 18.
After the passing of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the appellant executed an Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on August 14, 1947.
1231 of 1951.
L. Khaskalam, B. K. B. Naidu and I. N. Shroff, for the respondent.
