Supreme Court of India

The Chief Inspector of Mines and Another v. Lala Karam Chand Thapar Etc.

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 9

Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.

Decided 10 February 1961

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above, we think the phrase "any one of the directors" is capable of meanining "every one of the directors", the fact that in other statutes, different words were used to express a similar meaning is not of any significance.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Colliery Company-Violation of Coal Mines Regulations Prosecution of all directors of company, the managing agents and the manager of company-Legality-Mines Act of I923 repealed and re-enacted-Regulations made thereunder, if continue in force ' Anyone of directors' meaning of-Indian Coal Mines Regulations, Ig26-Mines Act, r923 (4 of r923), s. JT(4)-Mines Act, Ig52, (35 of I95Z), ss. 2(r), 76-General Clauses Act, I897 (IO of r897), s. 24 -Constitution of India, Art. 20(I). 1~he directors of a company, which was the owner of a colliery, the directors of the managing agents of the company, and

Where later benches applied it

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2020 Union of India & Ors. v. M/s G S Chatha Rice Mills & Anr. relied on
2020 Mr. Rajendra K. Bhutta v. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority through its Chairman & Anr. relied on
2017 Harkesh Chand v. Krishan Gopal Mehta & Ors. relied on
2022 Dr. Abraham Patani of Mumbai & Anr v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2022 Nemai Chandra Kumar (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors v. Mani Square Ltd. & Ors referred to
2019 Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. v. Coastal Marine Constructions & Engineering Ltd. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to

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