Reviewed case brief
Chiranjit Lal Chowdhuri v. Union of India
AIR 1951 SC 41
## Summary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1951
- Subjects
- Labour Law II, Constitutional Law I
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-28
Rule established
A statute may validly single out one enterprise for special treatment (nationalisation/takeover) if there is an intelligible differentia with a rational nexus to the object sought. Classification need not be abstract; it can be a "class of one" if circumstances justify.
Facts
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Held
Ratio decidendi
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AIR 1951 SC 41
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