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Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951

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List of Judgements

NBCC (India) Ltd. Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.

Judgement Date : january/2025, Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 53 SC

State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Vs. M/s. Lalta Prasad Vaish and sons

Judgement Date : october/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 669 SC

Shivashakti Sugars Limited v Shree Renuka Sugar Limited

Judgement Date : may/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 920 SC

The Authorised Officer, Central Bank of India Vs. Shanmugavelu

Judgement Date : february/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 70 SC

Bilkis Yakub Rasool Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : january/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 26 SC

Bilkis Yakub Rasool Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : january/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

Hari Babu Thota Vs. XXX

Judgement Date : november/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 919 SC

State Bank of India & Ors. Vs. Rajesh Agarwal & Ors.

Judgement Date : march/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 388 SC

South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Naveen Mathew Philip & Anr. Etc.

Judgement Date : april/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 339 SC

M/s. Silpi Industries Vs. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Judgement Date : june/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Parmar Samantsinh Umedsinh Vs. State of Gujarat

Judgement Date : february/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 96 SC

Headnote :

The Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act of 1949, specifically Section 5(3)(iii)(a), along with Section 29A of the Gujarat Panchayats Act of 1993, Section 257.

M/s. Madras Petrochem Ltd. & ANR. Vs. BIFR & Ors. [January 29, 2016]

Judgement Date : january/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 99 SC

KSL & Industries Ltd. Vs. M/S Arihant Threads Ltd. & Ors. [OCTOBER 27, 2014]

Judgement Date : october/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 671 SC

Ashoka Kumar Thakur Vs. Union of India & Ors [2008] INSC 614 (10 April 2008)

Judgement Date : april/2008, Citation : 2008 Latest Caselaw 369 SC

Federal Bank Ltd. Vs. Sagar Thomas & Ors [2003] INSC 486 (26 September 2003)

Judgement Date : september/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 480 SC

M/S Siel Ltd. & Ors Vs. Union of India & Ors [1998] INSC 472 (11 September 1998)

Judgement Date : september/1998, Citation : 1998 Latest Caselaw 472 SC

Parvej Aktar & Ors Vs. Union of India & Ors [1993] INSC 67 (5 February 1993)

Judgement Date : february/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 66 SC

Headnote :

In the current Writ Petition and the associated transferred cases, the constitutionality of the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985, along with the order dated August 4, 1986, issued under Section 3(1) of the Act, which mandates that certain articles or classes of articles b...

Indian Aluminium Company Limited & ANR Vs. Karnattaka Electricity Board & Ors [1992] INSC 153 (13 May 1992)

Judgement Date : may/1992, Citation : 1992 Latest Caselaw 153 SC

Headnote :

The appellant company set up its Aluminium Smelter Plant in Belgaum, Karnataka. On March 26, 1966, a tripartite agreement was signed between the company, the Electricity Board, and the State of Karnataka.A second tripartite agreement, which replaced the first, was executed on August 7, 1976, ensurin...

State of U.P. & ANR Vs. M/S. Synthetics And Chemicals Ltd. & ANR [1991] INSC 160 (18 July 1991)

Judgement Date : july/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 160 SC

Headnote :

The Uttar Pradesh Sales of Motor Spirit, Diesel Oil and Alcohol Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1976 modified sub-section (1) of section 3 of the United Provinces Sales of Motor Spirit, Diesel Oil and Alcohol Taxation Act, 1939, aiming to impose a purchase tax on industrial alcohol. This amendment was con...

Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors [1989] INSC 322 (25 October 1989)

Judgement Date : october/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 322 SC

Headnote :

Writ Petitions and Civil Appeals were filed to contest the notification dated May 31, 1979, which introduced a new rule 17(2) of the U.P. Excise Rules, establishing a vend fee. This also included amendments to section 49 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, which granted the State exclusive rights i...

Commissioner of Income Tax, Amritsar Vs. Straw Board Manufacturing Co. Ltd. [1989] INSC 151 (28 April 1989)

Judgement Date : april/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

Headnote :

The taxpayer, a manufacturer of strawboard, sought reduced income tax rates, a higher development rebate under section 33, and a deduction under section 80-E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the assessment years 1965-66, 1966-67, and 1967-68, arguing that strawboard manufacturing was a priority indus...

Sirsilk Ltd. & ANR Vs. Textiles Committee & Ors [1988] INSC 273 (12 September 1988)

Judgement Date : september/1988, Citation : 1988 Latest Caselaw 270 SC

Headnote :

Several textile mills involved in the production and sale of rayon yarn and staple fiber, which is a type of man-made fiber, approached the High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution to contest the constitutional validity of the fee imposed on them by the Textile Committee, as per Rule 21 of...

M.C. Mehta & ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1986] INSC 282 (20 December 1986)

Judgement Date : december/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 282 SC

Headnote :

Constitution of India 1950--Articles 12 & 21--Private corporations involved in industries crucial to public welfare that can impact people\'s lives and health--Whether classified as \'other authority\'--Scope of Article 21\'s applicability.Article 32--Court\'s Jurisdiction and Authority--Not lim...

Panipat Woollen & General Mills Co. Ltd.& ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1986] INSC 200 (26 September 1986)

Judgement Date : september/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 200 SC

Headnote :

A provisional liquidator was appointed for two textile businesses of the petitioner-company due to significant losses, leading to their closure in May 1972. These textile businesses were classified as \'sick textile undertakings\' under sub-clause (i) of section 2(d) of the Sick Textiles Undertaking...

National Textile Corporation Ltd. & Ors Vs. Sitaram Mills Ltd. & Ors [1986] INSC 60 (4 April 1986)

Judgement Date : april/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 60 SC

Headnote :

The sole issue in the appeal was whether the so-called Real Estate Division of the Company\'s textile operation, Shree Sitaram Mills, constituted a separate and distinct business, and thus whether the surplus lands were included as \"assets in relation to the textile undertaking\" as defined in subs...

Balkrishan Gupta & Ors Vs. Swadeshi Polytex Ltd. & ANR [1985] INSC 22 (12 February 1985)

Judgement Date : february/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 22 SC

Headnote :

Section 169(1) of the Companies Act stipulates that the Board of Directors of a company must promptly convene an extraordinary general meeting upon the request of a specified number of members, as outlined in subsection (4). Subsection 4(a) indicates that for a company with share capital, the number...

Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh, Nagpur Vs. The Model Mills, Nagpur & ANR [1984] INSC 170 (18 September 1984)

Judgement Date : september/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 170 SC

Headnote :

The appellant-Union issued a notice demanding the payment of bonuses for the years 1964-65 to 1967-68. This issue was brought to conciliation, where the Conciliation Officer determined that a resolution could not be reached and issued a certificate under Section 73A of the Bombay Industrial Relation...

Western Coalfields Ltd. Vs. Special Area Development Authority, Korba & ANR [1981] INSC 194 (26 November 1981)

Judgement Date : november/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 194 SC

Headnote :

The Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act of 1961, specifically Section 127(1)(i), granted municipal councils the authority to levy a tax on property owners within the municipality, based on the annual letting value of their houses, buildings, or lands, referred to as property tax.In comparison, the Mad...

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Vs. Union of India [1981] INSC 11 (13 January 1981)

Judgement Date : january/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 11 SC

Headnote :

The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act of 1951 grants the Union of India the authority to control certain industries listed in the Act\'s First Schedule, which includes textiles under Item 23.Section 15 allows the Central Government to conduct a thorough investigation if it believes that (a...

New Satgram Engineering Works & ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1980] INSC 150 (14 August 1980)

Judgement Date : august/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 150 SC

Headnote :

M/s. Shethia Mining and Manufacturing Corporation, based in Calcutta, owned three non-coking coal mines, including the New Satgram Coal Mines. In addition, they operated a workshop named New Satgram Engineering Works, established in 1964 on a plot adjacent to the coal mines. They also had a building...

The Ishwari Khetan Sugar Mills (P) Ltd. & ANR Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors [1980] INSC 65 (2 April 1980)

Judgement Date : april/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 65 SC

Headnote :

According to the U.P. Sugar Undertakings (Acquisition) Ordinance of 1971, which was later enacted as a law, twelve sugar undertakings were transferred and vested in a government entity known as the U.P. State Sugar Corporation Limited. The writ petitions filed by the appellants in the High Court cha...

State of U.P. Vs. Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd. & Ors [1979] INSC 267 (19 December 1979)

Judgement Date : december/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 267 SC

Headnote :

The licensees involved in the wholesale sale of denatured spirit argued in their petitions to the High Court that the imposition of fees on denatured spirit was unwarranted for two reasons: (i) the State was not offering any services to the trade, and (ii) only Parliament has the authority to impose...

Union of India & ANR Vs. Swadeshi Cotton Mills & ANR [1978] INSC 163 (12 September 1978)

Judgement Date : september/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 163 SC

Headnote :

The Company Law Board, in its order dated December 17, 1977, appointed several additional directors alongside the existing directors of the respondent company, pursuant to section 408(1) of the Companies Act, 1956. This decision was made because the Board believed that the company\'s affairs were be...

Hindustan Sugar Mills Vs. Stateof Rajasthan & Ors [1978] INSC 143 (22 August 1978)

Judgement Date : august/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 143 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who owned a cement factory named Udaipur Cement Works located in Udaipur, was subject to the Cement Control Order of 1967 during the assessment years 1971-72 and 1972-73. This order was issued by the Central Government under the authority of Sections 18 and 25 of the Industries (Devel...

The Keshav Mills Company Ltd. & ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1972]293 (8 December 1972)

Judgement Date : december/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 293 SC

Headnote :

The Keshav Mills Co. Ltd. and another contested the legitimacy of an order issued by the Government of India under Section 18-A of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, which appointed the Gujarat State Textile Corporation Ltd. as the controller of the Company for a five-year term....

Premier Automobiles Ltd. & ANR Vs. Union of India [1971] INSC 323 (24 November 1971)

Judgement Date : november/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 323 SC

Headnote :

Based on the recommendations of the Tariff Commission, the Government of India issued the Motor Car (Distribution and Sale) Control (Amendment) Order 1969 under section 18G of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951. This order established the ex-factory prices for three domestically m...

Harakchand Ratanchand Banthia & Ors Vs. Union of India & Ors [1969] INSC 136 (30 April 1969)

Judgement Date : april/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 136 SC

Headnote :

Despite the ban on gold imports into India, significant amounts of smuggled gold were entering the country through illegal means, negatively impacting the national economy and hindering economic stability and growth. The Customs Department struggled to effectively address smuggling along the extensi...

State of Maharashtra Vs. Madhavrao Damodar Patilch& Ors [1968] INSC 96 (10 April 1968)

Judgement Date : april/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 96 SC

Headnote :

The Maharashtra State Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, which was amended by Act 13 of 1962, was enacted to promote the equitable distribution of agricultural land for the common good by establishing a limit on the amount of agricultural land one can hold. Section 28 of the Act spe...

Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Madras Vs. Ramaraju Surgical Cotton Mills, Ltd. [1966] INSC 203 (5 October 1966)

Judgement Date : october/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 204 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, a company, was assessed for wealth tax for the assessment year 1957-58 and sought a deduction for expenses incurred in establishing a new unit. The license to set up this new unit was granted in 1955, the construction of the factory building was completed by December 1957, and the in...

The Calcutta Gas Company (Proprietary) Ltd. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors [1962] INSC 41 (5 February 1962)

Judgement Date : february/1962, Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 41 SC

Headnote :

Through an agreement between the appellant company and the Oriental Gas Company, the appellant was designated as the Manager of the latter, which operated an industrial facility for the production and sale of fuel gas in Calcutta, with the right to receive compensation as outlined in the agreement....

The Hingir-Rampur Coal Co., Ltd. & Ors Vs. The State of Orissa & Ors [1960] INSC 208 (21 November 1960)

Judgement Date : november/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 208 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners contested the constitutional legitimacy of the Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, 1952. Section 3 of the Act authorized the State Government to designate mining areas to provide certain amenities after considering objections from lessees. Section 4 allowed the imposition and c...

Rekha Mukherjee Vs. Ashish Kumar Das & ANR [1960] INSC 207 (21 November 1960)

Judgement Date : november/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 207 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners contested the constitutional legitimacy of the Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, 1952. Section 3 of the Act authorized the State Government to designate mining areas to provide certain amenities after considering objections from lessees. Section 4 allowed the imposition and c...

Management of Vishnu Sugar Mills Limited,Harkhua, District Vs. Their Workmen Represented By Chini Mill Mazdoor Union,Hark [1960] INSC 39 (9 March 1960)

Judgement Date : march/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Headnote :

A dispute involving a worker at the appellant\'s sugar mill located in Bihar was brought forth by the Workers Union, leading to a reference by the State Government. According to section 2(a)(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, \"\'Appropriate Government\' refers to the Central Government in rel...

The Lord Krishna Sugar Mills Ltd. & ANR Vs. The Union of India & ANR [1959] INSC 66 (6 may 1959)

Judgement Date : may/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 66 SC

Headnote :

The foreign exchange losses, if any, were distributed across numerous factories and were minimal enough not to constitute an unreasonable restriction.The Act did not violate Article 14 of the Constitution by selecting sugar produced through the vacuum pan process for export while excluding sugar mad...

Kamla Prasad Khetan Vs. The Union of India [1957] INSC 42 (1 May 1957)

Judgement Date : may/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

Headnote :

On November 5, 1955, the Government of India issued a notified order to take over the management of certain sugar mills under section 18A(i)(b) of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, for a duration of one year, assigning the management to a Controller. This action followed an inve...