Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 128 · Decided 13 April 1989
Tinsukhia Electric Supply CO. LTD. v. State of Assam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 128 · [1989] 2 S.C.R. 544
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 457/1972
- Decided
- 13 April 1989
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. NATARAJAN, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, S. RANGANATHAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 31, 39(b); Electricity Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 19, 31-C and 39(b) and (c)-Nationalisation-Acquisition and take over of electric. supply companies by State Government-Validity of-Nexus between the legis­ C · lation and the objectives and principles of nationalisation-Court to look into the -Y Indian Electricity Act, 1910/ Indian Electricity (Assam Amendment) Act, 1973: Sections 5(2), 6(7) and ?A-Acquisition and D take over of electricity supply companies-Constitutional validity of. Tinsukhia and Dibrugarh Electric Supply Undertakings (Acquisi- tion) Act, 1973: Sections 1(3),
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