Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Section 7(2) but Strikes Down Exclusionary Part of Section 2(e) of Rajasthan Jagirdars' Debt Reduction Act, 1957. The Court Held That Exclusion of Government and Specified Institutional Debts from 'Debt' Definition Violates Article 14 of the Constitution, While Limiting Recovery of Reduced Debt to Compensation and Rehabilitation Grant Is a Reasonable Restriction....
This appeal by the State of Rajasthan arose from execution proceedings concerning a mortgage decree. Respondent No. 1, a decree-holder, had obtained a mortgage decree on February 12, 1954, for Rs. 1,1...




