RAM BADAN RAI AND ORS. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.
The Supreme Court held that the boundaries between the States of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were not frozen as on 26.1.1950, and Parliament has the authority under Article 3 to alter State boundaries. The 1968 Act transferred certain territories from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh and the administrative actions challenged were not final adjudications. Disputes on title and possession require proper evidence and are not suitable for decision in writ jurisdiction. Laws of the transferor State (Bihar) continue in force in transferred territories until extended by the transferee State (Uttar Pradesh).
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- Alteration of state boundaries
- Writ jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction of parliament under articles 1(2), 3, and 4
- Effect of change in river course on state boundaries
- Application of laws post-boundary alteration