Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 126 · Decided 13 April 1989
Vellore Electric Corporation LTD. & ANR. v. State of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 126 · [1989] 2 S.C.R. 475
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5/1974
- 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, 32, 19(l)(f), 19(l)(g); Electricity Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 19, 31, 31-C, 39(b) and 39(c). -} 'Material Resources of the Community'-Whether include electri- cal energy generated and distributed by private undertakings. A B c Acquisition of undertakings-Compensation-Ju8ticiability of. Procedure Act, 1910-Alternative D COJICUrrent procedure envisaged under Tamil Nadu Private ElectriCity Supply Undertakings (Acquisition) Act, 1973-Whether discriminatory and unconstitutional. Tamil Nadu Private Electricity Supply Undertakings (Acquisi- E lion) Act, 1973: Sections: 2-6, JO(f) and 23.
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