LAWS(DLH)-1972-3-20

KESHAV MILLS COMPANY LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On March 03, 1972
KESHAV MILLS COMAPNY LIMITED Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The following question of law has been referred to a Full Bench--

(2.) The question relates to a textile mill owned by Keshav Mills Company Limited, Petlad. The company was incorporated in the year 1935 and has over the years been yielding rich dividends and has been paying large sums of money by way of capital refund and bonus payment.

(3.) The petitioners claim that the years 1966, 1957 and 1968 were years of grave crisis for the Textile Industry in India as a whole and out of 500 and odd textile mills nearly 80 of them closed down during those years. About 12 of such textile mills were in the State of Gujarat, one of them being the mill run by the company. During these years the company suffered heavy losses aggregating to Rs. 56,74,985.00 and there was an un-provided depreciation of Rs l5.13,160.00.