3150, 3145, 3210, 3254, 3287, 3288, 3293, 3456, 3457, 3458 63, 3469 3470, 3472, 3547 3550, 3564, 3565 3568, 3629/73 and 4004/74 and Special Leave Petition Civil Nos.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeals Nos 1132 1164 1976 Appeals by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 13 8 76 of the Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench in C.A. Nos.
The Judgments of A.N. Ray, C.J., M.H. Beg, P.N. Bhagwati and P.N. Shinghal, JJ.
3899 3902/76.
Writ No.
were delivered by Bhagwati, J., V.R. Krishna Iyer, J. gave a separate Opinion.
M. Tarkunde, CAs.
3023 3027, 3894.
1220 48 and 1040.
1307 of 1976 From the Judgment and Order dated 2 9 1976 of the Allahabad High Court in Civil Misc.
BHAGWATI, J. This is a group of appeals preferred by certain landholders in the State of Maharashtra against the judgment of the Bombay High Court upholding the companystitu tional validity of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands Ceiling of Holdings Act, 1961 hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act as amended by the Maharashtra Agricultur al Lands Lowering of Ceiling of Holdings Amendment Act, 1972 hereinafter referred to as the Maharashtra Act 21 of 1975 , the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands Lowering of Ceiling of Holdings Amendment Act, 1975 hereinafter referred to as Maharashtra Act 47 of 1975 and the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands Ceiling of Holdings Amend ment Act, 1975 hereinafter referred 10 as Maharashtra Act 2 of 1976 .
1132 1137, M s. M. Kazi M.N. Shroff for the Respondents Niren De, Attorney General, R.N. Sachthey, for the Attorney General in CAs.
1223 1225/76.
3524 27/76.
Mr. V.M. Tarkunde, for Mrs. Gita Bhadur M s. K.P. Bhandari, J.B. Dadachanji, M.M. Ahuja D.N. Mishra, for the Interveners Mrs. Gita Bhadur, Brij Bhushan Shinghal, Smt.
This amending Act was followed by Maha rashtra Act 47 of 1975 and Maharashtra Act 2 of 1976 which affected certain further changes in the Principal Act but these are number very material for the purpose of the present appeals.
3365 77, 3406 34, 3439 64, 3495 3511, 3516 17, 3519, 3529 51, 3645 3660, 3680 95, 3719 82, 3787, 3816, 3843 46, 385364, 3867 68 of 1976.
N. Sinha, Sol.
BHAGWATI, J. This appeal by the State of Uttar Pradesh is directed against a judgment delivered bY a Division Bench of the High Court of Allahabad answering four questions referred to it for its opinion by a Single Judge of that High Court in Civil Miscellaneous Writ Petition No.
1307 of 1976, for the Appellants.
3467 3476/76.
BHAGWATI,.
S. Wasu, Advocate General, Punjab O.P. Sharma, Mrs. N. Uppal and Miss Musum Chaudhary, for the Appellants.
G. Ratnaparkhi, SLPs.
4026 4027, 3177 3197, 3203 3213, 3358 3359, 3392 3404, 3477 3483, 36613663, 3059 3060, 3487 3488, 4047, 3365 3377, 3406 3434, 34393464, 3495 3511, 3516 3517, 3519, 3529 3551, 3645 3660, 36803695, 3719 3782, 3787 3816, 3843 3846, 3853 3864, 3867 3868, 3696 3703, 3199, 3467 3476, 3524 3537, 3597 3621, 3889 3893, 3899 3902/76.
Led Amol Kaur, Mrs. Uma Shinghal in CA.
Genl.,
3597 3621/76.
1137 1146, 1148 49.
1156/76, Dr. N.M. Ghatate, S. Balakrishnan A.M. Bapat, in CAs.
Mrs. S. Bhandare, M.S. Narasimhan, A.K. Mathur, A. K. Sharma and K.C. Sharma, SLPs.
1040 of 1975 and 1220 1248 of 1976 From the Judgment and Order dated 14 2 74 and 1 1173 of the Punjab Haryana High Court in Civil Writ Nos.
9257/75 and Civil Appeals Nos.
Civil Nos.
M. Tarkunde, in CA.
1132 1133 M s. Vallabh Das Mohta, in CA.
Civil Naunit Lal and Miss Lalita Kohli, SLPs.
B. Wad and Mrs. Jayashree Wad, SLPs.
1132 .
Rajendra Chowdhary, for the interveners M s. Shankar Balaji Jagtap, Madan Lal Fakir Chand Dudheida and Chandrab han Roopchand Dakale in CA.
36963703/76.
Civil Nos.
1132, 1307 1040.
1132 1136, 1147 1150 64.
Vallabh Das Mohta, N.M. Ghatate and S. Balakrishnan, SLPs.
3177 97, 3207 13, 3358 59, 3392 3404, 3477 3483, 3661 3663, 3059 69, 3487 88 4047/76 3199/76.
O.P. Rana, CA.
N. Ganpule, SLPs.
J.B. Dadachanji and D.N. Mishra, For the Respondents in CAs.
A. Gupta, SLPs.
1040/75 12201248 of 1976 N. Sinha, Sol.
Markendaya, for the Respondents in CAs.
3889 93/76.
1132 1147 , S. N. Khardekar, in CAs.
For the Petitioners in S.L.Ps.
3023 27, 3894 4026 27.
Civil Nos.
B. Rohtagi, M.K. Garg and M.M. Kashyan, SLPs.
1223 M s, K.P. Bhandari.
Civil Nos.
B. Wad Mrs. Jayashree Wad, for the Appellants in CAs.
S. Gupta B.B. Marwal, SLPs.
1132 1147 for the appellants in CAs.
N. Sachthey, State of Haryana.
L. Jagga, D.D. Sharma, Sant Singh in CAs.
1758, 1481, 2130/75, 358, 359/76, 2089, 1456, 1818, 1823, 1824, 1950, 1951/75, 53/76, 803/76, 1440/75, 340/76, 1449, 1452, 1394/75, 40, 771, 1431, 1531, 1532/76, 1652, 1622/75, 120, 126, 428, 610, 1317, 1831/75 respective ly and Civil Appeal No.
