{"id":161781,"date":"1991-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1991-04-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/delhi-transport-corporation-vs-delhi-administration-and-ors-on-2-april-1991"},"modified":"2018-03-04T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T11:17:09","slug":"delhi-transport-corporation-vs-delhi-administration-and-ors-on-2-april-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/delhi-transport-corporation-vs-delhi-administration-and-ors-on-2-april-1991","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Transport Corporation vs Delhi Administration And Ors. on 2 April, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Delhi Transport Corporation vs Delhi Administration And Ors. on 2 April, 1991<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1991 (1) SCALE 539 a, (1991) 2 SCC 622<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: . D Thommen, R Sahai<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. These Transfer Petitions are for the transfer of Civil Writ Petition No. 1001 of 1988 pending in the High Court of Delhi and Reference I.D. No. 17\/1988 pending before the Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal No. III, Delhi. In the light of our judgment in Writ Petition No. 320 of 1987, we have no doubt that these cases will be disposed of expeditiously in terms of what we have stated. Accordingly the Transfer Petitions are dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Delhi Transport Corporation vs Delhi Administration And Ors. on 2 April, 1991 Equivalent citations: 1991 (1) SCALE 539 a, (1991) 2 SCC 622 Bench: . D Thommen, R Sahai ORDER 1. 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