Supreme Court of India

Godhra Electricity Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. The State of Gujarat and Another

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Reported as [1975] 2 S.C.R. 42

Bench A.N. Ray J.

Decided 12 September 1974

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What the Court ordered

We hold that there was no valid purchase of the undertaking and that taking delivery of the u:dertaking was unlaw fol.

Judgment, page 15

Authorities it was built on

1950 Abdulla Ahmed v. Animendra Kissen Mitter cited by 5
1968 Gujarat Electricity Board v. Girdharlal Motilal and Anr. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Alagammal and Ors. v. Ganesan and Anr. referred to
2019 Union of India v. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Etc.etc. referred to
2019 Benckiser (india) Private Limited v. Reynders Label Printing India Private Limited and Anr. referred to
2016 Mukul Sharma v. Orion India (p) Ltd. through its Managing Director referred to
2015 Joshi Technologies International Inc. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Cox and Kings Ltd. v. Sap India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. mentioned
2014 Enercon (india) Ltd. & Ors. v. Enercon Gmbh & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 5 referred to · 2 mentioned

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