Supreme Court of India
B.A. Linga Reddy Etc. Etc. v. Karnatakastate Transport Authority & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Resultantly, the appeals being bereft of merits are hereby dismissed.
Judgment, page 39
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.102 - Scheme for c providing efficient road transport service in public interest - Modification of scheme u/s. 102 - Requirement of giving reasons by the State Government while modifying the existing scheme uls. 102 - Held: When an authority makes an order in exercise of a quasi-judicial function, it must record its reasons in support of the order it makes - Modification of scheme is a quasi-judicial function - Thus modification of scheme in absence of reasons cannot be said to be in accordance with the principles of natural justice - In the instant case, schemes
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- 1990 S.N. Mukherjee v. Union of India
- 2010 Vijay Kumar Sharma @ Manju v. Raghunandan Sharma @ Baburam & Ors.
- 1994 Ravi S. Naik and Sanjay Bandekar and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1992 Krishna Swami and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2003 M.A. Murthy v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 2007 P.V. George and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors.
- 2009 Chairman, D.A., Rani Lakshmi Bai K.g.bank v. Jagdish Sharan Varshney and Ors.
- 1992 Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Meenakshi Mills Ltd. and Anr. Etc. Etc.
- 2012 Manohar S/o Manikrao Anchule v. State of Maharashtra and Anr
- 2002 Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation v. Ashrufulla Khan and Ors.
- 2008 Divl. Forest Officer, Kothagudem & Ors. v. Madhusudhan Rao
- 1992 A.P. State Road Transport Corporation v. P.V. Ramamohan Chowdhary and Ors.
- 1989 Testeels Ltd. v. Union of India
Where later benches applied it
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- 2015 V.C. Chinnappa Goudar v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board & Anr.
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