Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Girdhari Lal & Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Suhas C. Sen JJ.
Decided 28 November 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons the appeals are allowed and the orders impugned herein are set aside.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T . P JEEVAN REDDY, J. The several orders made by a learned Single Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a writ petition, impugned herein, made in total disregard of the basic norms governing the exercise of writ jurisdiction by the High Court, disclose a disturbing state of affairs affecting public finances. The facts stated hereinafter speak for themselves. For the year 1995-96 [commencing on April 1, 1995 and ending with June 30, 1996] public auctions were held for grant of licences for country liquor as well as Indian made foreign liquor [IMFL] in Madhya Pradesh…

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