Supreme Court of India
Union of India v. The Metal Corporation of India Ltd. & Anr.
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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
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,
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- 2023 Association of Vasanth Apartments’ Owners v. V. Gopinath & Ors
- 2021 National Confederation of Officers Association of Central Public Sector Enterprises and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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