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Nov 19 2015 (HC)

Ranchi Power Distribution Company Limited and Anr Vs. Jharkhand Bijli ...

Court : Jharkhand

..... july 24, 1948, under an agreement entered into between the oriental gas company and the calcutta gas company, the latter was appointed the manager of the former company in india for a period of 20 years from july ..... under the agreement, therefore, the appellant had the right to manage the oriental gas company for a period of 20 years and to receive the aforesaid amounts towards its remuneration ..... the third specifying october 7, 1960, as the date with effect from which the state government would take over for a period of five years the management and control of the undertaking of the oriental gas company for the purposes of, and in accordance with, the provisions of the said act. ..... the agreement, the appellant had the right to manage the oriental gas company for a period of 20 years and to receive remuneration for ..... oriental gas company was -33- originally, consituated by a deed of settlement dated april 25, 1853, by the name of the oriental gas company, and it was subsequently registered in england under the provisions of the english joint stock companies ..... oriental gas company is the owner of the industrial undertaking, inter alia, for the production, manufacture, supply, distribution and sale of fuel gas ..... 4 to the petition were the state of west bengal and the concerned officers, and respondent 5 was the oriental gas company limited. ..... by act v of 1857 passed by the legislative council of india, it was empowered to lay pipes in calcutta and its suburbs and to excavate the streets for .....

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Feb 05 1962 (SC)

The Calcutta Gas Company (Proprietary) Ltd. Vs. the State of West Beng ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1962SC1044; [1962]Supp3SCR1

..... on july 24, 1948, under an agreement entered into between the oriental gas company, and the calcutta gas company the latter was appointed the manager of the former company in india for a period of 20 years from july 5, ..... under the agreement, therefore, the appellant had the right to manage the oriental gas company for a period of 20 years and to receive the aforesaid amounts toward its remuneration for ..... third specifying october 7, 1960, as the date with effect from which the state government would take over for a period of five years the management and control of the undertaking of the oriental gas company for the purposes of, and in accordance with, the provisions of the said act. ..... under the agreement, the appellant had the right to manage the oriental gas company for a period of 20 years and to receive remuneration for the ..... the oriental gas company was originally constituted by a deed of settlement dated april 25, 1853, by the name of the oriental gas company, and it was subsequently registered in england under the provisions of the english joint stock companies act ..... the high court that the appellant has no locus standi to file the petition cannot be sustained, as under the impugned act the appellant's legal rights under the agreement entered into by it with the oriental gas company on july 24, 1948 were seriously affected. ..... by act v of 1857 passed by the legislative council of india, it was empowered to lay pipes in calcutta and its suburbs and to excavate the streets for the .....

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Nov 15 1960 (HC)

In Re: Oriental Gas Company Ltd. Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1961Cal267

..... . in the present case the impugned legislation is entitled as an act to provide for taking over for a limited period of the management and control and the subsequent acquisition of the oriental gas company limited, it is stated in the preamble that whereas it is expedient to provide for increasing the production of gas and improving the quality thereof for supply to industrial undertakings, hospitals and other welfare institutions, to local authorities, for street lighting and to the public in general for ..... . gupta relied on act v of 1857 for the purpose of showing that the company was formed for the purpose of introducing gas work into india and the company erected gas works on land granted for that purpose and that oriental gas company was engaged in the preparation of apparatus and materials for the manufacture and supply of gas. dr ..... . the 1951 act is for development and regulation of industries and the state act of 1960 is for taking over the management and control of the oriental gas company, a gas works for supply of gas to various undertakings, hospitals, local authorities and the public ..... . das's contention was that the production of gas and the supply thereof was so inextricably bound up that the one could not be dissociated from the other and therefore oriental gas company which was engaged in the production of gas would become an industry for the production of gas within the meaning of the union act 65 of 1951. mr .....

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Sep 19 2024 (SC)

Sushma Vs. Nitin Ganapati Rangole

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... oriental insurance company limited and others9, had the occasion to consider an identical fact scenario, and after analysing the evidence available on record, it was held:- ..... words, we restore the finding of the tribunal rendered on issue no.1 against the respondents and hold that respondent no.1 negligently parked the gas tanker/offending vehicle in the middle of the road without any indicator or parking lights.39. ..... that pw7 who was standing on the opposite side of the road at a distance of about 70 feet, could see the gas tanker parked on the other side of the road does not discredit his version that the maruti car coming from the opposite side could not spot the gas tanker due to flashlights of the oncoming traffic from the front side. ..... p-45) reinforces the version of 8 1931 ac19 (2018) 3 scc36518 pw7 that the truck (gas tanker) was parked in the middle of the road but the high court opined to the contrary without assigning any ..... further, the tribunal also adverted to the legal presumption against the driver of the gas tanker of having parked his vehicle in a negligent manner in the middle of the ..... the high court has not doubted the evidence of pw7 as being unreliable nor has it discarded his version that the driver of the maruti car could not spot the parked gas tanker due to the flashlights of the oncoming traffic from the front side. ..... the high court has also not doubted the claimant s plea that the gas tanker/offending vehicle was parked without any indicator or parking lights. .....

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Oct 20 2022 (SC)

Hari Ram (deceased) Thr. His Lrs. Vs. Land Acquisition Collector Cum D ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... looking to the location and the potentiality of the lands acquired and as the acquired lands were required to be used for liquified petroleum gas plant, not much development was required like the housing scheme and/or as required for other similar purposes, therefore, if 35% is deducted considering the evaluation with respect to sale deed at ex. ..... therefore, when after purchasing the land, a company had sold the land the prices are bound to be higher. ..... p1, p3 and p4 were by and/or in favour of the company and there was variation in the prices mentioned in the exs. ..... p3 and p4 were executed in favour of m/s orient express pvt. ..... orient express pvt. ..... orient express pvt. ..... p1, p3 and p4 relied upon on behalf of the landowners by observing that the said sale deeds are by or in favour of the company, m/s. ..... situated within the revenue estate of village bhondsi, tehsil sohna, district gurgaon came to be acquired under the provisions of the land acquisition act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the act, 1894 ) for setting up of liquified petroleum gas plant at bhondsi. .....

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Jan 25 2022 (HC)

The Registrar Karnataka Lokayuktha Vs. The Principal Secretary To Gove ...

Court : Karnataka

..... the petitioner entered into an agreement dated july 24, 1948, with respondent 5 in regard to the management of oriental gas company. ..... owners of adjacent property applied to the high court under section 31(1) of the town and country planning act, 1959 to quash the decision of the minister on the ground that the proposed operations by the company would injure their land, and that they were persons aggrieved by the action of the minister. ..... there, an appeal by a company against the refusal of the local planning authority of permission to develop land owned by the company by digging chalk, was allowed by the minister. ..... scr28 ; calcutta gas co. v. ..... the phrase person aggrieved has been a subject matter of interpretation in plethora of judgments of the apex court right from the case of calcutta gas co. .....

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Aug 21 2019 (HC)

The Senior Divisional Manager Vs. Jyotiba Appaji Shigate

Court : Karnataka Dharwad

..... the accident in question and the rash and negligent act of riding of the motorcycle and involvement of the motorcycle in the accident was not seriously disputed by the respondents, but the contention of the respondent/insurance company is that respondent no.1 did not have any valid licence to ride a motorcycle on the road, she was holding only a learners licence, which is required to take an instructor along with her and she alone ..... reserved for judgment, coming on for pronouncement of judgment this day, delivered the following:-"-3- judgment this appeal is filed by the insurance company assailing the judgment and award dated 04.09.2010 in mvc no.1850/2009 passed by the fast track court-iii and addl. ..... funeral expenses total rs.12,65,731/ assailing the judgment and award passed by the tribunal, the insurance company filed this appeal challenging the liability fastened as well as for reduction of quantum of compensation.10 ..... oriental insurance company ltd, reported in 2009 acj1426 the driver had a learners licence but it was expired as on the ..... therefore, the honble apex court held that the insurance company shall pay the compensation and recover it from the owner ..... learned counsel contended that the tribunal after considering the evidence on record has rightly fastened the liability on the insurance company and it does not call for any interference by this court. ..... there is no pleadings and defence setup by the insurance company before the tribunal in respect of validity of the learners .....

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Nov 27 2018 (HC)

Union of India vs.divyanshu Patel

Court : Delhi

..... constitutional validity of the oriental gas company act, 1960. ..... the supreme court in calcutta gas company (proprietor) v. ..... learned attorney-general that, under article 246 of the constitution, the legislative power of state is subject to that of parliament ceases to have any force, for the gas industry is outside the legislative field of parliament and is within the exclusive field of the legislature of the state. ..... seeks to harmonize both the entries by giving the widest meaning to the word industry so as to include the industrial aspect of gas and gas-works and leaving the other aspects to be covered by entry 25, learned counsel for the contesting respondents seeks to reconcile them by carving out gas and gas-works in all its aspects from entry 24. ..... if one can surmise, it may be that, as the industry of gas and gas-works was confined to one or two states and was not of all-india importance, it was carved out of entry 24 and given a separate entry, as otherwise if a declaration by law was made by parliament ..... the supreme court concluded that gas and gas works in entry 25 of list ii fall within the exclusive field allotted to the states, even though the same also qualify as industries which, under entries 7 and 52 of list i fell ..... if industry in entry 24 is interpreted to include gas and gas-works, entry 25 may become redundant, and in the context of the succeeding entries, namely, entry 26, dealing with trade and commerce, ant entry 27, dealing with production, supply and distribution .....

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Jul 02 2018 (SC)

United India Insurance co.ltd. Vs.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... civil appeal no.5955 of2018(arising out of slp (c) no.15971/2017) the national insurance company limited appellant(s) versus respondent(s) with civil appeal no.5954 of2018(arising out of slp (c) no.15755/2017) oriental insurance company limited appellant(s) versus respondent(s) and civil appeal no.5956 of2018(arising out of slp (c) diary no.28109/2017) the new india assurance company limited appellant(s) 2 versus respondent(s) judgment ashok bhushan, j.leave granted. ..... the insurance sector and &linking from the gic general insurance corporation of india, in the year 2000, the 4 state-run, general insurance companies namely national insurance company ltd, new india assurance company limited, oriental insurance company ltd, and united india insurance company ltd, started functioning independently. ..... was issued and according to the advocates, they are liable to be paid rs.7500/- for each case irrespective of the fact whether the appeal had been filed by the claimants or by the companies; besides, there is no concept of half fee being paid at the time of filing the appeal and the balance fee at the time of disposal of the appeal even as per the schedule of the insurance ..... as we have observed above that the writ petition, which was entertained as a public interest litigation, the stand taken by the insurance companies that they are adhering with the fee structure enforced from 2009 and 2014, which was not even objected by the learned counsel, who was appearing on behalf of the advocates .....

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Feb 09 2018 (SC)

Archit Saini Vs. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... by the accident so the respondent no.1 is not at all negligent in this accident but these submissions will not make the car driver to be in any way negligent and cannot give clean chit to the driver of the gas tanker because there is a difference between the visibility of a standing vehicle from a place where the person is standing and by a person who is coming driving the vehicle because due to flash lights of vehicles coming from ..... meantime, a maruti car no.hr 02 k/0448 came from jammu side (madhopur side) and struck against the back of the gas tanker as the driver of car could not spot the parked tanker due to flash lights of the oncoming traffic from front ..... other indication given on the back of the stationed vehicle, therefore, the driver of the car cannot be held to be in any way negligent rather it is the sole negligence on the part of the driver of the offending gas tanker as held in ginni devi and others case (2008 acj 1572), mohan lal s case (2007 1 acc785? ..... in the meantime a maruti car bearing no.hr 02 k 0448 came from jammu side and struck against the back of gas tanker as the driver of the car could not spot the parked tanker due to the flash lights of the oncoming traffic from ..... the oriental insurance company ltd ..... after analysing the evidence, including the site map (ext.p 45) produced on record along with charge sheet filed against the driver of the gas tanker and the arguments of the respondents, answered issue no.1 against the respondents in the following words: 21. .....

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