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K C GAJAPATI NARAYAN DEO VS STATE OF ORISSA  : CASE SUMMARY

The Supreme Court in K C Gajapati Narayan Deo Vs. State of Orissa (1954) 1 SCR 1 held that the idea conveyed by “colorable legislation”  is that although apparently a legislature in passing a statute purported to act within the limits of its powers, yet in substance and in reality, it transgressed these powers, the transgression being veiled by what appears on proper examination, to be a mere pretense or disguise.

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