Supreme Court of India

Chhotu Singh v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 303
Bench A.P. Sen J.
Decided 22 September 1987

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid there is no merit in the submissions F f made on behalf of respondent No. 5 and the same cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Permission granted by State Government for shifting country liquor shop from the village to another-Whether arbitrary or in breach of guidelines contl!ined in Government Circulars on the subject-High Court qUl!Shed the Government order granting permission. · The appellant Chhotu Singh, who had been granted .L. III licence for vending country liquor in Village Sawli, applied for pennis· sion to shift his liquor shop from Village Sawli to Village Narsi Chaurasta as there was very little demand for country liquor in Sawli with a small population. The Collector recommended the transfer of the

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