Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 258 · Decided 7 December 1966
Superintendent & Legal Remembrancer, State of West Bengal v. Corporation of Calcutta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 258 · [1967] 2 S.C.R. 170
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 193/1964
- Decided
- 7 December 1966
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (9-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 372
Headnote
REMEMBRANCER, A STATE OF WEST BENGAL v. CORI'ORATION OF CALCUTTA December 7, 1966 [K. SlJBBA RAO, c. J., K. N. WANCHOO, J.C. SHAH, s. M. S!KRI, R. S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, J.M. SHELAT, V. BHARGAVA A:>;D C. A. VAIDIALINGA!.I, JJ.j Calcutta Municipal Act (W.B. 33 of 1951), ss. 218 and clearly intended, if applies to India. J11tcrprctation of Statutes-State immunity from stalltles-Common law rule of construction If proper rule. B c Constitution of lndiq, Art. 372r-Rule of construction, If "law In D force." lbe appellant-State of West Bengal was carrying on trade
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)