Supreme Court of India
Oil and Natural Gas Commission and Anr. v. Association of Natural Gas Consuming Industries of Gujarat and Ors., Etc. Etc.
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We are of the view that the failure of the government to specify the surplus which may be generated by the Board cannot prevent the Board from generating a surplus after F meeting the expenses required to be met.
Judgment, page 43
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Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 32 and 226-0GC- statl'.tory corporation-Whether State agency-'Public utility' concern -Obliged to supply gas at reasonable rates-Price fixation-Inter ference by Court-Permissibility of. Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959: Section 14- 0NGC-Whether 'public utility' undertaking-Whether obliged to sup ~ - ply gas for consumption of public. Words and Phrases: 'Public utility'-'Reasonab/eness of rates' meaning of. The appellant, Oil & Natural Gas Commission, is a statutory corporation constituted by and under the Oil and Natural Gas Commis- c sion
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