Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 68 · Decided 9 April 1986
Chaitanya Kumar v. State of Karnataka & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 68 · [1986] 2 S.C.R. 409
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 634/1986
- Decided
- 9 April 1986
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32, 226
Headnote
Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, ss. 2(2) and 13(1)(e)/ Karnataka Excise (Bottling of Liquor) Rules, 1967, r. 3(2) : Contracts for bottling arrack - Awarding of - Whether arbitrary and capricious. Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 32 and 226 : Goverrunent Contracts - Distribution of State largesse - - D Role of the Court. Words & Phrases : "to bottle" - "Bottle liquor for sale" -;. - Meaning of - Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, ss. 2(2) and 13(l)(e). Section 13(l)(e) of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 prescribes that no person shall bottle liquor for sale except under
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