Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 482 · Decided 16 September 2003
Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 482 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 171/2003
- Decided
- 16 September 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, G.P. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Companies Act Section 617
Headnote
ESSO (Acquisition of Undertaking in India) Act, 1974-Section 7- Disinvestment-Procedure required for-Private oil companies acquired by the Government by enacting various statutes-Government taking C decision to disinvest oil companies by executive decision-No steps to repeal or amend the or amending the statutes-Constitution of India-Article 32. D Interpretation of Statute-Preamble to a statute-Significance a/- Held, though does not control the statute but can be an aid to construction of the statute. In the 1970s, the Government of India acquired oil companies, E which were
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