Thakur Jagannath Baksh Singh v The United Provinces

Subject Matter

LAND — India — Legislative competency — Crown grant of land — Sanad — Rights of grantee infringed by Provincial legislation — Validity — Principles applicable — United Provinces Tenancy Act (U.P. Act XVII. of 1939) — Government of India Act, 1935, s. 100, 7th sch., list II, item 21 — Crown Grants Act (XV. of 1895), s. 3.

[1946] AC 327