Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Shyam Lal

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Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar, K.N. Wanchoo, J.C. Shah, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar and S.M. Sikri JJ.
Decided 12 March 1964

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State-Liability of-Merger of one State into another-­ Liability incurred before merger-Merger agreement providing for taking over liability of the merging State- Whether suit against new State maintainable-Constitution of India, Art. 295(2). In 1947, the Dholpur State acceded to the Dcminion of India. Later on, it was merged with other States and as a result of that merger, the Matsya Union was formed on March 18, 1948.…

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