Court : Kerala
Decided on : Aug-03-1983
Reported in : II(1984)ACC181; AIR1984Ker97
Subbamonian Poti, C.J. 1. That the provisions of law conferring rights on parties are of no consequence to those who have no means to avail themselves of the benefit of such law is more than evident from the facts of the case before us. A Harijan lady who lost her husband in an accident on 19-3-1978 petitioned to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation for payment of compensation due on account of the death of her husband. It was a bus belonging to the Corporation that caused the accident resulting in the death of the petitioner's husband and another person. She laments in the petition that only a sum of Rupees 1,000/- was paid to her, that, she had to leave her house at the Harijan Colony, Pulimathu and take shelter in somebody else's house and that she has no means to resort to a court or a tribunal or pay fees to counsel.2. It is further mentioned that two years prior to the date of her petition the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation offered to pay her Rs. 10,000/- but that...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kerala
Decided on : Mar-23-1983
Reported in : AIR1983Ker225
Sivaraman Nair, J.1. This Original Petition is filed by the first petitioner Mrs. Elizabeth Samuel Aaron, who is alleged to be one of the major shareholders of the Super Clays and Minerals Mining Company Private Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the Company), which is a company registered under the Indian Companies Act. She challenges Exts. P8 to P11, orders passed by the Government of Kerala under the Kerala Relief Undertakings (Special Provisions) Act, 1961 (Act 6 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the Relief Undertakings Act). She also challenges the constitutional validity of Section 3(1) of the Kerala Relief Undertakings Act. She has also sought to represent the Company which is mentioned as the second petitioner; but this claim seems hardly sustainable in view of the averments contained in the counter-affidavit of the second respondent that the Board of Directors of the Company does not support this move.2. The facts relating to the controversy are the following : The Super Clays...
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