Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 125 · Decided 9 May 1980
Kastori Lal Lakshmi Reddy v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 125 · [1980] 3 S.C.R. 1338
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 481/1979
- Decided
- 9 May 1980
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, V.D. TULZAPURKAR, R.S. PATHAK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 32; UAPA
Headnote
Government co11tracts-Limita1ions -on the Government to gr(lll.t contracts -Test of reasonableness-Concept of reasonableness and concept of public interest, explained-Articles 14 & 19 of the Constitution. Resin is a forest produce extracted from certain pieces of trees popularly / .C known as tapping, involves -"\ several steps, and requires elnployment of skilled labour and involves a consi­ derable a.mount of expenditure. The State of J ammu & Kashmir started tapp- ing operation in respect of its Chir trees since about 1973 by giving contracts to private parties for
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