Supreme Court of India

The State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Gitashree Dutta (dey)

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Reported as [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1061

Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Vikram Nath JJ.

Decided 20 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: 7 (1955) 2 SCR 303 8 (1999) 4 SCC 458 9 (2011) 9 SCC 286 10 (2001) 2 SCC 62 THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. v.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Doctrines/Principles – Doctrine of legitimate expec tation – Principle of Estoppel – When not applicable–National Food Securi ty Act, 2013 – Cancellation of declaration of Fair Pric e Shop (FPS) vacancies in view of the implementation of 2013 Act– Correctness of – Held: Appellants were reposed with a responsib ility of implementing the mandate of the 2013 Act and to bri ng about reforms in the existing Public Distribution System – In the present case, upon scrutiny, it was found that declaration of vacancies vide notification dtd. 30.01.14 was not in conformity with the 20 13 Act and thus,

Authorities it was built on

1992 Food Corporation of India v. Kamdhenu Catile Feed Industries cited by 22
2008 M/s. Sethi Auto Service Station and Anr. v. Delhi Development Authority and Ors. cited by 15
2011 Ap. Dairy Development Corporation Federation v. B. Narasimha Reddy & Ors. cited by 13
1999 Punjab Communications Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 8
2000 A.P. Pollution Control Board-ii v. Prof. M.V. Nayudu (retd.) and Ors. cited by 6
2016 Union of India and Anr. v. Lt. Col. P.K. Choudhary and Ors. cited by 6
1999 M/s. Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Secretary, Revenue Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 6
1955 Thakur Amar Singhji v. State of Rajasthan cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2026 The New India Assurance Company Limited v. M/s Louis Dreyfus Commodities India Pvt Ltd mentioned

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