Supreme Court of India
V. Purushotham Rao v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid positive direction in para 31 of the judgment of this Court in Common Cause case, [1996] 6 S.C.C. 530, it is difficult for us to sustain the plea of bar of constr.uctive res judicata, as urged by the counsel, appearing for the appellants.
Judgment, page 30
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 226-Writ petition-Challenging the allotments of petrol pumps/ Gas agencies under the discretionary quota made by the Minister-High Court held, the discretion had been exercised on sufficient materials and «fter enquiry discharged the notice of cancellation-In other cases, found allotment made on some extraneous considerations/political patronage hence cancelled the allot ment-On appeal, held, in one of the matter , the Court issued guidelines to be followed while making discretionary allotments-Subsequently, in another matter on similar issue the Court
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