The Act was attacked on a number of grounds in the High Court of which only two have been urged before us, namely, i that the property which has been dealt with under the Act is number an estate and ii that numbercompensation has been provided in the Act for taking away the property of the appellants The writ petitions were opposed by the State of Bombay and the main companytention on its behalf was that the Act was protected under Art.
393, 395, 409 and 632 of 1954 July 19, 1954, in Special Civil Application No.
11 and VII of 1863.
Purshottam Trikamdas, V. M. Limaye, E. Udayaratnam and S. S. Shukla, for the appellants.
Appeals from the judgments and orders of the Bombay High Court dated July 6, 1954, in Special Civil Applications Nos.
N. Sanyal, Additional Solicitor General of India, N. P. Nathwani, K. L. Hathi and R. H. Dhebar, for the respondents.
The appellants hold personal inams which are companyered by Bombay Acts Nos.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeals Nos.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by WANCHOO J. These six appeals on a certificate granted by the Bombay High Court raise a companymon question as to the companystitutionality of the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, No.
October 3.
1205 of 1954 and July 30, 1954, in Special Civil Application No.
155 to 160 of 1956.
XLII of 1953, hereinafter called the Act and will be disposed of by this judgment.
1309 of 1954.
