Supreme Court of India

Saraswat Co-op. Bank Ltd. and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Bench B.P. Singh and Altamas Kabir JJ.
Decided 17 August 2006

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In our view, there is no merit in these appeals nor in the writ petition and the same are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, p. 580 (concluding portion)

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Rent Control and Eviction: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999: Section 3(1)(b)-Exclusion of certain premises from the protection of the Act-Constitutional validity of-Held: It is within the legislative competence of the State to enact laws for the protection of certain sections of society on the basis of economic criteria so long as it does not result in unreasonable classification-The decision to exclude private limited companies and public limited companies having a paid-up share capital of Rupees one crore or more from the protection of the Act is in consonance with the object sought to be achieved by the Act…

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