Court : Allahabad
Decided on : Apr-19-1974
Reported in : AIR1975All19
ORDERGopi Nath, J.1. These petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution raise common questions and can be disposed of by a common judgment. They challenge an increase in the rate of electric energy supplied by respondent No. 2 to the petitioners. Petitioners include associations and individual consumers. The enhancement in rates of electric energy charges has been made under a notification of the State Government dated 24th May, 1972 issued under Section 3 (2) (aa) of the U. P. Act No. 6 of 1947 published on 3rd June, 1972, and by a notice of respondent No. 2 dated 9. June 1972 published in the 'Amar Ujala' dated 11th June, 1972. Notification dated 24th May, 1972 is Annexure A-2 to the petition. The notification is sought to be quashed by a writ of certiorari but no prayer has been made for the quashing of the notice published in the 'Amar Ujala' dated 11th June, 1972.2. Respondent No. 2 is a licensee under the Indian Electricity Act 1910 for the supply of electric energy within the...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Decided on : Aug-05-1974
Reported in : AIR1975All1
K.B. Asthana, J. 1. The petitioner. Pradeep Tandon, is a graduate in Science of the Allahabad University. He appeared at the Combined Pre-medical Test held by the Meerut University in 1973 as directed by the U. P. Government, for admission to one of the seven Medical Colleges controlled by it. He was not selected for admission. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India he has questioned the validity of the reservation of seats made by the U. P. Government for certain classes and groups of candidates which reservation,according to the petitioner, deprived him of being admitted for M.B.B.S or B.D.S courses in the State Controlled Medical Colleges though he had secured higher marks and position in the test than many of the candidates who were admitted for the reason that they fell in one or the other group or class for whom the seats were reserved or special privileges were afforded.2. The petitioner prays for a writ or direction directing the respondents, i.e., the ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Decided on : May-22-1974
Reported in : AIR1975All52
J.M.L. Sinha, J. 1. The contemners opposite parties have been called upon to show cause why they should not be punished for having committed contempt of this Court. The facts leading upto the issue of the notice can be stated as below:-- Sarvasri Hargovind Dayal Srivastava and Hargun Sharan Srivastava, Contem-ners Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, are members of the Avadh Bar Association. The former is the President of that Association and holds a position of eminence. Contemners Nos. 3, 4 and 5 are printers and publishers of the National Herald, the Pioneer and the Northern India Patrika respectively. The first named the two papers are published at Lucknow and have an extensive circulation in this State. The Northern India Patrika is published at Allahabad. As is well known, till 1948 the Allahabad High Court and the Chief Court at Lucknow had separate identity. In 1948 came the U. P. High Courts Amalgamation Order by which the High Court in Allahabad and the Chief Court in Oudh were amalgam...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Decided on : Apr-15-1974
Reported in : AIR1975All113
Mehrotra, J.1. This is the plaintiff's appeal against the order of the trial Court directing the Receiver to pay a sum of Rs. 58,295.49 to the defendant-respondent No. 5/2, Nirmal Kumar Patni, The plaintiff has prepared and produced abound paper book which, for the facility of reference, has been referred to by us as paper book, Vol. No. 1 and the defendant-respondent No. 5/2, Nirmal Kumar Patni, has similarly prepared and produced an unbound paper book which has been referred to by us as paper book Vol. No. 2.2. In Volume 1 at page 23 a reference has been made to the judgment of the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 110 of 1961 reported in : [1962]1SCR868 and we think the short background of the litigation can be usefully reproduced from the judgment of the Supreme Court after suitable amendments:3. At Agra, there were three spinning mills and one flour mill, all of which together were described as the John Mills, and originally the John family or their predecessors were the owners of...
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