Section 29
Protection of action taken in good faith.
The Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1986
About this Act
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of certain textile undertakings of the Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited, with a view to securing the proper management of such undertakings so as to subserve the interests of the general public by ensuring the continued manufacture, production and distribution of different varieties of cloth and yarn and thereby to give effect to the policy of the State towards securing the principles specified in clauses (b) and (c) of article 39 of the Constitution and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding
shall lie against the Central Government or any officer of, or other person authorised by, that Government
or the National Textile Corporation or any Subsidiary Textile Corporation or any officer of, or other
person authorised by, such Corporation for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done
under this Act.
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any officer of, or other person authorised by, that Government, or the National Textile Corporation or any Subsidiary Textile Corporation or any officer of, or other person authorised by, such Corporation for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any officer of, or other person authorised by, that Government, or the National Textile Corporation or any Subsidiary Textile Corporation or any officer of, or other person authorised by, such Corporation for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.