Supreme Court of India
Akhil Bhartiya Upbhokta Congress v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion, we do not consider it necessary to deal with the argument of Shri Ravi Shanker B Prasad and Shri Ranjit Kumar that the land could have been allotted to the Memorial Trust even though it has not been registered as a trust under the 1951 Act or the Indian Trusts Act.
Judgment, page 65
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14 - Principle of equality - Exercise of power by political entities and officers/officials - Scope of - Held: For achieving the goals of Justice and Equality set out in the Preamble, the State and its agencies/instrumentalities have to function through political entities and officers/officials at different levels - The exercise of power by political entities and officers/officials for providing different kinds of services and benefits to the people always has an element of discretion, which is required to be used in larger public interest and for public
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- 1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 1974 Erusian Equipment & Chemicals Ltd. v. State of West Bengal & Anr.
- 1995 Lic of India and Anr. v. Consumer Education and Research Centre and Ors. Etc.
- 1980 Kastori Lal Lakshmi Reddy v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Another
- 1986 Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil v. Dr. Mahesh Madhav Gosavi & Ors. and Vice Versa
- 1996 Common Cause,registered Society v. Union of India and Others
- 2005 State of Orissa and Ors. v. Gopinath Dash and Ors.
- 1996 New India Public School and Ors. Etc. v. Huda and Ors. Etc.
- 2001 Harsh Dhingra v. State of Haryana and Ors,
- 2004 Canbank Financial Services Ltd. v. The Custodian and Ors.
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- 2015 Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Ltd. v. Pramila Sanfui and Ors.
- 2014 Institute of Law & Ors. v. Neeraj Sharma & Ors.
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- 2011 Humanity and Anr. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Of those, 4 relied on · 7 referred to · 4 mentioned
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