Supreme Court of India

Rajkumar Narsingh Pratap Singh Deo v. State of Orissa and Anr.

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Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 11 March 1964

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the agreement in question was held to be no more than a contract which was an executive act and not a law within the meaning of Art.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

The Ruler of Dhenkanal State granted a sanad by way of Khorposh allowance to his younger brother, the appellant giving certain lands and a maintenance allowance, under the customary law of the State. After the merger of that State to the Dominion of India which became effective on January 1, 1948, the Government of Orissa took over the administration of the State and discontinued the cash allowance. The appellant challenged the validity of the order of discontinuance by a suit in the Court of Subordinate Judge.…

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