Anodisers And Electroplaters By ... vs Government Of Madras, Represented By ... on 27 March, 1967
In Sat Pal v. State of Punjab , the question for consideration was whether the requisition of house for residence of the wife of a Serving Military Officer was within the ambit of Section 29 of the Defence of India Act, 1962. The wife of the Military Officer approached the Government stating that, since her marriage, her husband had been posted on field duties at non-family stations and overseas, that she had no place to stay as her husband's house was occupied by the tenant, and accordingly prayed that the house might be got vacated for her residence. Her husband had also sent a similar petition. When the tenant failed to vacate it, the District Magistrate requisitioned the house in the interest of affording bare essential amenities to the wife of a Serving Military Officer. When the tenant questioned the act of the State in a writ proceeding, it was observed (at page 237):