Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 30 · Decided 7 March 1986
Ashok Kumar Mittal v. Maruti Udyog Ltd, & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 30 · [1986] 1 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 588/1984
- Decided
- 7 March 1986
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, A.P. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32, 12; Income Tax Act
Headnote
Justice in Public Interest - Power of the Supreme Court to issue directions or orders - Out-of-turn allotment of Maruti Cars out of manufacturer's discretionary quota of 5% to several categories like defence, VIPs, judiciary including lawyers etc. - Whether the method adopted, namely (a) for the interest; and (c) avoidance of undue indi­ vidual hardships etc. violative of Article 14 of the Constitu­ tion and arbitrary - Guidelines ·by the Supreme Court. The petitioner applied for allotment of ''Maruti Car 800" D and due to an error of the computer his name was not
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