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PETITIONER: SHRI RAM KRISHNA DALMIA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: SHRI JUSTICE S. R. TENDOLKAR & OTHERS(and connected appeal)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 28/03/1958
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. DAS, S.K. SARKAR, A.K.
CITATION: 1958 AIR 538 1959 SCR 279
ACT: Commission of Inquiry-Legislation empowering Government to appoint Commission-Constitutionality-If violates guarantee of equality before the law-Notification setting up Commission and conferring Powers there upon Legality of-If ultra vires the Act Whether Commission usurps judicial functions-Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952 (LX of 1952), s. 3-Constitution of India, Arts. 14 and 246 : Seventh Schedule, Entry 94, List I and Entry 45, List III.
HEADNOTE: In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by S. 3 of the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952, the Central Government by a notification dated December 11, 1956, appointed a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into and report in respect of certain companies mentioned in the Schedule attached to the notification and in respect of the nature and extent of the control and interest which certain persons named in the notification exercised over these companies. By subsequent notifications the Central Government made all the provisions of sub-...