Supreme Court Quashes Amendment to Bihar Land Reforms Act and Rule as Ultra Vires; State Legislature Competence Ousted by Parliamentary Occupation of Minor Minerals Field. Second Proviso to Section 10(2) of Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 and Rule 20(2) of Bihar Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1964 Declared Invalid.
28 Aug 1969The dispute arose from the Bihar Government's attempt to unilaterally modify the terms of a mining lease for minor minerals, relying on an amendment t...
