Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 268 · Decided 30 October 1972
Bennet Coleman & CO. & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 268 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 757
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 334/1971
- Decided
- 30 October 1972
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, A.N. RAY, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 19(1)(a), 19(2)
Headnote
c D E F G H Co11.1titutio11 of India 1950, Arts. 14 & 19 (l)(a)-Newspri11t policy for 1972-73 whether violates Articles 19(1)(a) and 14 -Validity of Re­ """*' V, Vll(a), Vll(c), V//J «nd X of Policy-Competency of share­ holders of company to file petitions under in respect of enforcement of fundamental rights whether barred. The Import Control Order 1955 passed by the Central Government under ss. 3 and 4A of the Imports and Exports Control Act 1947 laid restrictions on the in1port Of newsprint. As 3.n essential commodity news­
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