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In Narottam Kishore Dev Varma and Ors. Vs. Union of India and Anr. [(1964) 7 S.C.R. 55] the challenge was to the validity of Section 87 B of the Code of Civil Procedure which granted exemption to the rulers of former India State from being sued except with the consent of the Central. Government, Dealing with this question it was observed at page 60 as follows:
" If under the Constitution all citizens are equal, it maybe desirable to confine the operation of s.87B to past transactions and not to perpetuate the anomaly of the distinction between the rest of the citizens and Rulers of former Indian States. With the passage of time, the validity of historical considerations on which s. 87B is founded will wear Civil Procedure may later be open to serious challenge."