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Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1971

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U.P. STATE ELECTRICITY BOARDversusUPPER JAMUNA VALLEY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CO. LTD.

2000 INSC 322Appeal(s) allowed

The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board served notice to Upper Jamuna Valley Electricity Supply Co. Ltd. to purchase its electricity undertaking after a 35‑year licence expired. The State later amended the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 by the 1975 Ordinance and the 1976 Act, replacing the …

RAGHUNATHRAO GANPATRAO ETC. ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA

1993 INSC 38Dismissed

The petitioners, former rulers of Indian princely states, challenged the Constitution (Twenty‑sixth Amendment) Act, 1971 which repealed Articles 291 and 362 and amended Article 366(22), thereby abolishing privy purses and royal privileges. They argued that the amendment violated the basic structure …

ASSAM SILLIMANITE LIMITED AND ANR.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1991 INSC 334Dismissed

Assam Sillimanite Ltd., a public company that owned a refractory plant, challenged the Assam Sillimanite Ltd. (Acquisition & Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act, 1976 which vested the plant in the Central Government and fixed a payment of Rs 1,07,17,000. The company argued that the amount was …