Supreme Court of India

Harbhajan Singh Etc v. State of Punjab and Others

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Bench N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 4 December 2019

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Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 – Vires of 1997 Act – Challenge to, by the tenant on the ground that they are entitled to protection against eviction under East Punjab Rent Act which cannot be taken away under the Religious Premises Act – Held: Vires of the Religious Premises Act, a special enactment concerning landlord and tenant relationships, cannot be challenged on the ground that there are already two other enactments governing general landlord and tenant relationships-Transfer of Property Act and East Punjab Rent Act – Constitution confers the…

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