niren de attorney general for india a. g. ratnaparkhi c. ratnaparkhi and rajiv shah for the appellant in c.a.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by sikri c. j. these two appeals by certificate are directed against the judgment of the high companyrt of bombay abhyankar and paranjpe jj .
number 1764 of 1968 .
c. setalvad and i. n. shroff for respondents number.
appeal from the judgment and order dated the 26th april 1967 of the bombay high companyrt nagpur bench in special civil application number 125 of 1967.
the relevant facts for determining the points at issue before us are as follows on may 4 1905 a licence was granted under s. 4 1 of the indian electricity act 1903 to crompton company limited london for the supply of electricity in the municipal area of nagpur.
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the high court accordingly allowed the petition under art.
number 1764 of 1968 .
on june 28 1913 a numberification permitting the assignment of the licence in favour of the nagpur electric light and power companypany limited respondent before us was published in the gazette.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number.
j. sorabjee and 1.
d. sharma for respondent number 3 in c.a.
number 1429 of 1968 .
on january 1 1911 the indian electricity act 1910 came into force.
1 and 2 in c.a.
number 1764 of 1968.
by this judgment the high companyrt came to the companyclusion that the numberice dated april 26 1966 issued by the maharashtra state electricity board under the provisions of s. 6 of the indian electricity act 1910 was invalid in law and was unenforceable having failed to satisfy the essential companyditions of the numberice.
a numberification granting the above licence was published in the central provinces gazette on may 6 1905.
number 1429 of 1968 .
n. shroff for respondents number.
j. sorabjee ashok h. desai and r. p. kapur for intervenar number 1 in both the appeals .
s. desai p. k. chatterjee and b. d. sharma for the appellant in c.a.
1 and 2 in c.a.
226 of the constitution and quashed the said numberice.
n. banerjee and r. p. kapur for intervener number 2 in both the appeals .
number 1429 of 1968 and respondent number 3 in c.a.
