Supreme Court of India

Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. v. Western Coal Fields Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 251
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasaya T and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 18 May 2007

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Constitution of India, 1950; Article 14: ) ... Purchase preferences-Private sector and public sector-Machines manufactured by Public Sector Enterprise and Private Limited Company- c Respondent Coal Fields purchasing the machines-Allegedly purchase preferences given to PSEs arbitrarily in terms of an Office Memorandum issued by Government-Discrimination-Held: Before allowing such purchase preference protection to Public Sector Enterprises as a matter of uniform policy, necessity of such protection has to be examined individually and differential treatment is called for-The Central Government

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