King-Emperor v Benoari Lal Sarma

Subject Matter

CRIME — India — Emergency legislation — Special criminal courts — Constitutional validity — Intra vires the Governor-General — Government of India Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 42) (read with the India and Burma (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 33, s. 1, sub-s. 3)), s. 72 of sched. IX. — Special Criminal Courts Ordinance, No. II. of 1942 (as amended by Ordinances Nos. XXIV., XLII. and LXI. of 1942).