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2024 Supreme(Online)(SC) 11269

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA . – Respondent

Advocates:
Petitioner's Advocate: GAGRAT AND CO
Respondent's Advocate: AADITYA ANIRUDDHA PANDE

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What is the status of Article 31C survivors after Minerva Mills and its impact on MHADA Act protections?

What is the interpretation of Article 39(b) whose phrase "material resources of the community" includes privately owned resources, and what are its limits?

What is the appropriate method to determine whether privately owned resources fall within Article 39(b) and whether such resources can be distributed under Article 39(b) to subserve the common good?

J U D G M E N T

Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI Table of Contents A. Background ..................................................................................................... 6 i. Genesis of the Reference ............................................................................... 6 ii. The three reference orders ........................................................................ 12 iii. Scope of the present reference ................................................................. 18 B. Issues ............................................................................................................. 21 C. Article 31C ..................................................................................................... 23 i. Brief History of Article 31-C.......................................................................... 23 ii. The present dispute concerning Article 31-C and rival contentions ..... 35 iii. Precedents concerning invalidation of amendments ............................. 46 iv. Analysis and Conclusions concerning Article 31-C ................................ 75 D. Article 39(b)......................................................................

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2024 Supreme(Online)(SC) 11269

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAPROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION – AppellantVersusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA . – Respondent

What is the status of Article 31C survivors after Minerva Mills and its impact on MHADA Act protections?

What is the interpretation of Article 39(b) whose phrase "material resources of the community" includes privately owned resources, and what are its limits?

What is the appropriate method to determine whether privately owned resources fall within Article 39(b) and whether such resources can be distributed under Article 39(b) to subserve the common good?

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA . – Respondent