SWAMI MOTOR TRANSPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED MOHAMED SHERIFF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MADRAS NEW THEATRES CARNATIC TALKIES Vs. SANKARASWAMIGAL MUTT:HAZARATHI SYED SHAMAIN:SANKARASWAMIGAL MUTT:SANKARASWAMIGAL MUTT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE following Judgment of the court was delivered by :

(2.) THESE two appeals, on certificate raise the same points and arise out of a common order made by the High court. of judicature at 'Madras in Writ Petitions Nos. 829 and 830 of 1960. Both of them may conveniently be disposed of together.

(3.) IN both the petitions the appellants attacked the constitutional validity of Act XIII of 1960. The High court, by a common order, upheld the constitutional validity of the said Act following the decision of a, division bench of the same court, in Suaminathan v. Sundara (1). These two appeals, as aforesaid, have been preferred on certificate issued by the High court.