Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Shankar Lal Soni & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 4 S.C.R. 593
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 8 December 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment was palpably unjustified and erroneous.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Administrative Law: Concessions provided by Railways and Airlines to senior c citizens - Subjected to certain conditions - Conditions challenged - HELD: concession being given on the basis of administrative policy, no beneficiary thereof has a right to insist on a particular condition - Further, it is open to the authorities to withdraw the concessions a/together - Courts 0 should not interfere in such matters on the premise that some of the conditions imposed were not justified - Public Interest Litigation - Letter Petition. In a letter petition, which was taken up as a public interest

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