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V State
of Manna Pradesh
M/s Landmughal Pvt. Ltd. And Mr. Changan Peddy have approached the High Court of Manna
Pradesh under Article 226 of the Constitution of Kailasha,1950 questing the constitutionality of
the Manna Pradesh state decentralized act.
Statement of facts
1.
In Gujarat Abuja Cements Ltd v UOI,429 the Supreme Court has stated the outlines for determining the
constitutionality of a Statute thus:— (1) The substance of the impugned Act must be looked at to
determine whether it is in “pith and substance” within a particular entry whatever its ancillary effect
may be.430 (2) Where the encroachment is ostensibly ancillary, but in truth beyond the competence of
the enacting authority, the statute will be a colorable piece of legislation and constitutionally invalid.431
If the statute is legislatively competent, the enquiry into the motive which persuaded Parliament or the
State legislature into passing an Act is irrelevant.
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