Supreme Court of India · 2018-11-28
NATIONAL TEXTILE CORP. LTD. vs NARESHKUMAR BADRIKUMAR JAGAD .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2018/38586
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- NATIONAL TEXTILE CORP. LTD.
- Respondent
- NARESHKUMAR BADRIKUMAR JAGAD .
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the implications of the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2014, in the context of a property dispute involving the National Textile Corporation Ltd. and the Seth Harichand Rupchand Charitable Trust. The Court held that the provisions of the 2014 Act validated the actions taken under the earlier 1983 and 1995 Acts, thereby affirming the Trust's right to evict the NTC as a statutory tenant under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The Court dismissed the review petition filed by NTC, reinforcing the validity of the Trust's claims and the legislative intent behind the validation act.