Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. The Metal Corporation of India Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [1967] 1 S.C.R. 255
Bench K. Subba Rao and J. M. Shelat JJ.
Decided 5 September 1966

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the Act, not having provided for compensation, is un­ constitutional and the conclusion arrived at by the High Court is correct.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 31(2)-Law for compulsory acqulrl­ lion laying down print:ip/es of compensation-Test for corutltutlorral v•/1- dity-Metal Corporation of India (Acquislt(On of Undertaking) Act (44 of 1965)-If ultra vires. The Metal Corporation of India (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1965, was enacted for acquiring in the public interest, the undertaking of the Metal Corporation of India. The Act provided that the Corporation was to vest in the Central Government on the commencement of the Act; and that in the absence of an a~ent between the Governmenl and the Corporation,

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