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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 2202 of 2007

PETITIONER:

Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd

RESPONDENT:

Maddula Ratnavalli & Ors

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 27/04/2007

BENCH:

S.B. Sinha & Markandey Katju

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2202 OF 2007

[Arising out of SLP (C) No.10662 of 2006]

WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2007

[Arising out of SLP (C) No.18532 of 2006]

S.B. Sinha, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Appellant is a Government company. The Parliament enacted

the Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act, 1976 (The said

Act), inter alia, to provide for acquisition and transfer of the title, right and

interest in the "Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of

India Ltd." to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The said Act came

into force on 24.01.1976 which was the ’appointed day’ fixed within the

meaning of Section 2A(c) of the Act. By reason of Section 3 of the said Act

the right, title and interest of Burmah Shell stood transferred to and vested

in the Central Government. Section 5 of 1976 Act provides that the Central

Government s