Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 833 · Decided 29 November 2010
M/S. Shalimar Gas & ORS. v. M/S. Indian Oil CORPN. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 833 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 244
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10124/2010
- Decided
- 29 November 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Public Distribution - Allotment of gas agency to war-widow as sole proprietor- Later allottee entering into partnership with c one person with 51% and 49% shares respectively- Cancellation of dealership - Held: Cancellation of dealership was not correct- Allottee cannot be said over the partnership - In view of her old age and ill health and the fact that the agency was the sole source of her income, D humanitarian view should have been taken - Law should take more liberal view in case of widows and physically handicapped persons. Appellant No.2, a war-widow was
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