Supreme Court of India

M/s. Gujarat Cypromet Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 339
Bench R.C. Lahoti, G.P. Mathur and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 7 April 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the appellant has failed to make out any case for interference by this Court E in a Special Leave Petition filed under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963-Sections 61 to 63-Sale of unclaimed cargo by public auction-Port Trust in terms of its Board Resolution deducted 50% of the sale proceeds towards sale expenses-Such deduction challenged by way of writ petition-High Court holding that the controversy raised involved adjudication of facts which was not possible in a writ petition, advised pursuance of ordinary civil remedy-On appeal, held: The Board passed resolution to deduct 50% of the sale proceeds as sale expenses, as it was not possible to precisely determine the sale expenses in each case-The resolution has not

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