Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 24 · Decided 21 January 2003
Comptroller and Auditor General v. Kamlesh Vadilal Mehta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 24 · [2003] 1 S.C.R. 471
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11458/1995
- Decided
- 21 January 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, ASHOK BHAN, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Companies Act
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14-Clossification-Reosonab/eness of-Applications invitedfrom Chartered Accountants firms for empanelment for audit of government C companies-Advertisement stipulating only partnership firms eligible except in respect of specified States-Proprietary concern Court allowing the writ petition-Division Bench upholding the sam~n appeal held, once Chartered Accountants are qualified and eligible, advertisement cannot create a sub-classification from D the general c/oss of eligible Chartered Accountants-Such classification is discriminatory, arbitrary and
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