Supreme Court of India

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. Meena Kumari and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 1058
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 1 May 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court was right in directing that respondent No. 1 Smt.

Judgment, page 2

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226: c Writ Petition-Writ of Mandamus/or direction to appellant-Corporation to grant her licence for Petrol Pump in preference to other applicant on ground of residential requirement-Held: High Court was right in directing the Corporation to grant the licence to respondent no. l in preference to other applicant on the ground of residential requirement in terms of guidelines on the subject. The writ petitioner is a resident of village Jheenjhak, district Kanpur Dehat and is a war widow. On the other hand, respondent No. :! in this appeal who is also a war

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