https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169580 Emergency power to disconnect telephones required the authority to form and record its own reasoned satisfaction on relevant material showing the requisite public or other emergency; a government certificate alone was not enough. The Court also held that alleged misuse or illegal use could not be dealt with under the emergency provision when a specific rule prescribed a distinct disconnection procedure with notice and opportunity to explain. A drastic statutory power must be exercised only for the purpose and in the manner authorised by the governing provision. The impugned disconnections were therefore unsustainable and the telephone connections were directed to be restored. en-us Wed, 17 Dec 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:52:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169580 Emergency power to disconnect telephones required the authority to form and record its own reasoned satisfaction on relevant material showing the requisite public or other emergency; a government certificate alone was not enough. The Court also held that alleged misuse or illegal use could not be dealt with under the emergency provision when a specific rule prescribed a distinct disconnection procedure with notice and opportunity to explain. A drastic statutory power must be exercised only for the purpose and in the manner authorised by the governing provision. The impugned disconnections were therefore unsustainable and the telephone connections were directed to be restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 17 Dec 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169580