Supreme Court of India

M/s Ashoka Smokeless Coal Ind. P. Ltd. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 954

Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.

Decided 1 December 2006

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From the headnote

Coal-Price fi:xation-Of essential commodity (coal)-Coking coal mines and coal mines subjected to nationalisation-Subsequntly price and distribution thereof deregulated by Government-Price fixation left to coal companies Introduction of Scheme of £-Auction-Agencies of the Central Government and the State Governments kept out of the purview of -Auction- or promotion of manufacture of special smokeless fuel, advertisements inviting entrepreneurs to manufacture the same, assuring them to provide them coal and the manufacturing technology-Pursuant thereto, plants for manufacturing smokeless coal

Authorities it was built on

1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. cited by 124
1986 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal & Ors. cited by 63
1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji cited by 51
2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors. cited by 46
1958 Mohd. Hanif Quareshi & Others v. The State of Bihar cited by 32
2003 State of Punjab and Anr. v. Mis. Devans Modern Breweries and Anr. Etc. cited by 30
2004 E. V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. cited by 23
1991 Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers Limited v. Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Ors.. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2014 Charu Khurana & Others v. Union of India & Others relied on
2023 Gmr Warora Energy Limited v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (cerc) & Ors. referred to
2023 Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Anr v. Adani Power (mundra) Limited & Ors. referred to
2022 Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (exemptions) v. Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority referred to
2018 Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Limited v. Union of India and Another referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to

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