Supreme Court of India · 1989-03-28
KOTHANDRAN SPG. MILLS PVT. LTD. & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1977/61803
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- KOTHANDRAN SPG. MILLS PVT. LTD. & ANR.
- Respondent
- UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
- Bench
- PATHAK, R.S. (CJ),VENKATARAMIAH, E.S. ,MISRA RANGNATH,VENKATACHALLIAH, M.N. ,OJHA, N.D.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1974, affirming that the petitioners' mills qualified as 'sick textile undertakings' under Section 2(j) of the Act. The Court found no malafides against Parliament and ruled that the legislative determination was valid. Consequently, the petitioners' challenge to the Act's constitutionality was dismissed, and the management's takeover was deemed lawful under Section 4(1) of the Ordinance.