Supreme Court of India
Arun Kumar Agrawal v. Union of India & Others
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that on facts, as well as on law, the ONGC and the Government of India have taken a prudent C commercial and economic decision in public interest.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: Art. 32 - Writ petition challenging approval granted by Government of India for acquisition of majority stake in GIL and for a direction to ONGC to exercise its right of pre emption over sale of shares of GIL - Held: The decision taken by ONGC not to exercise its RoFR was taken after elaborate 0 and due deliberations - ONGC and Government of India have considered various commercial and technical aspects flowing from PSC and also its advantages that ONGC would derive if the Cairn and Vedanta deal was approved - Court cannot sit in judgment over the commercial or
Authorities it was built on
- 1986 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal & Ors.
- 2012 Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Others v. Union of India and Others
- 2001 Balco Employees Union (regd.) v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1996 M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath and Ors.
- 2012 Vodafone International Holdings B.V. v. Union of India & Anr.
- 1985 Life Insurance Corporation of India v. Escorts Ltd, & Ors.
- 2009 Villianur Iyarkkai Padukappu Maiyam v. Union of India and Others
- 2009 Meerut Development Authority v. Association of Management Studies & Anr.
- 2010 M/s Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. v. Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. & Anr.
- 1984 Liberty Oil Mills & Others v. Union of India & Others.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 M/s Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited and Another v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- 2021 Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association (regd.) v. Union of India and Others
- 2025 Racing Promotions Private Limited v. Dr. Harish & Ors.
- 2021 Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and Anr. v. Cg Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and Anr.
- 2017 Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others
- 2016 State of Rajasthan and Ors. v. Gotan Lime Stone Khanji Udyog Pvt. Ltd. and Anr.
- 2014 Association of Unified Tele Services Providers & Others v. Union of India
Of those, 2 relied on · 5 referred to
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