Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 962 · Decided 12 October 2018
Powai Panchsheel Co-Op HSG. Society & ANR. v. Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 962 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 999
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7608/2009
- Decided
- 12 October 2018
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Public allotment: State largesse - Disposal of, amongst the citizens - On facts, State Housing Board, by a resolution accepted the offers of the three societies for purchase of flats of the Project, however excluded appellant No.1's offer Held: Government, is not and should not be as free as an individual in selecting the recipients for its largesse - Government would be subject to restraints, in its position in a democratic society - In view thereof, the Board was not justified in considering only the offers made
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)