Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 20 · Decided 25 March 1955
U.J.S. Chopra v. State of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 20 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 94
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 20/1954
- Decided
- 25 March 1955
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, SYED JAFFER IMAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 439(2), 439(6), 439
Headnote
v. f(. Subramanyan and othtrs Sinhs J. 1955 March 25 94 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [l 955] a service is not an essential function of a sovereign sta·te. It cannot be rainsaid that the Government in the Postal Department is rendering a very useful ser­ vice and that the appellant 7(d) of the Act. At all material times the appellant has been directly con­ cerned, for his own benefit, in the contract of carry­ ing mail bags and postal articles entered into by him with the Government in the Postal Department. For the reasons aforesaid we have not the least
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