Supreme Court of India

M/s. Shalimar Gas & Ors. v. M/s. Indian Oil Corpn. Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 14 S.C.R. 244
Bench Markandey Kat Ju and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 29 November 2010

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the impugned judgment of the F Learned Single Judge as well as the Division Bench are set aside.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Public Distribution - Allotment of gas agency to war-widow as sole proprietor- Later allottee entering into partnership with c one person with 51% and 49% shares respectively- Cancellation of dealership - Held: Cancellation of dealership was not correct- Allottee cannot be said to have lost control over the partnership - In view of her old age and ill health and the fact that the agency was the sole source of her income, humanitarian view should have been taken - Law should take more liberal view in case of widows and physically handicapped persons. Appellant No.2, a war-widow was allotted a

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