Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 75 · Decided 11 April 1980

Dbjapada Das and Anr v. Union of India and ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1980 INSC 75 · [1980] 3 S.C.R. 586
Case number
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1311/1980
Decided
11 April 1980
Bench
V.R. KRISHNA IYER, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN (3-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Writ / Constitutional
Acts & sections cited
Constitution Article 14

Headnote

Coal Mines (IValionalisation Amendment) Act, 1976 (Act No. LXVll of 1976), Sections 3 (3) and 4, scope of-Whether Section 3 (3) offends Article 14 of the Cons;itution, inasmuch as in regard to Coal Mines, lVhere nlinuzg is prohibited by that provision, the work1nen are left in the cold, while in of and benefits assured C -Private managements whether "deenzed custodians" under Section 5 of the Coal Mines Nationalist;itions Act, 1973. D E F G H Dismissing the Writ Petitions, the Court, HELD : I. The provision contained in Section 3 ( 3) of Act LXVIl of 1976 is peremptory and

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