Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Feb-05-1981
Reported in : AIR1981AP125
Jeevan Reddy, J.1. Writ Petitions Nos. 3477, 3459 and 5923 of 1978 have been referred to the Full Bench by a Division Bench consisting of Madhava Reddy and Muktadar, JJ., for deciding the question whether a writ can issue to the respondent Corporation, viz., the Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation -- a Corporation created not by a statute but incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. Before the learned Judges it was contended on behalf of the petitioners that an earlier Bench decision in W. P. No. 5904 of 1978, D/- 8-12-1979, was not correctly decided. Reliance was placed upon the decision of the Supreme Court in Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. International Airport Authority, : (1979)IILLJ217SC , and the opinion of Chinnappa Reddy, J., in U. P. Warehousing Corporation v. Vijay Narayan Vajpayee, : (1980)ILLJ222SC . When the matter came up before the Full Bench on 24-11-1980, it was brought to our notice that the Supreme Court has dealt with this very question in a...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Decided on : Dec-30-1981
Reported in : AIR1982SC149; 1981Supp(1)SCC87; [1982]2SCR365
P.N. Bhagwati, J.1. These writ petitions filed in different High Courts and transferred to this Court under Article 139 of the Constitution raise issues of great constitutional importance affecting the independence of the judiciary and they have been argued at great length before us. The arguments have occupied as many as thirty five days and they have ranged over a large number of issues comprising every imaginable aspect of the judicial institution, Voluminous written submissions have been filed before us which reflect the enormous industry and vast erudition of the learned Counsel appearing for the parties and a large number of authorities, Indian as well as foreign, have been brought to our attention. We must acknowledge with gratitude our indebtedness to the learned Counsel for the great assistance they have rendered to us in the delicate and difficult task of adjudicating upon highly sensitive issues arising in these writ petitions. We find, and this is not unusual in cases of th...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Feb-05-1981
Reported in : (1982)ILLJ224AP
B.P. Jeevan Reddy, J. 1. Writ Petitions Nos. 3477, 3459 respondent-Corporation, viz., the Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation - a corporation created not by a statute but incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. Before the learned Judges it was contended on behalf of the petitioners that an earlier Bench decision in W.P. No. 5904 of 78, dated 8th December, 1979, was not correctly decided. Reliance was placed upon the decision of the Supreme Court in Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. International Airport Authority, [1979-II L.L.J. 217], and the opinion of Chinnappa Reddy, J., in U.P. Warehousing Corporation v. Vijay Narayan Vajpayee, [1980-II L.L.J. 222]. When the matter came up before the Full Bench on 24th November, 1980, it was brought to our notice that the Supreme Court has dealt with this very question in a writ petition relating to the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., and it would be advisable for this Bench to await a copy of the decision in that case. According...
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