Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1314 · Decided 8 November 1996
Shiv Sagar Tiwari v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1314 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 651
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 585/1994
- Decided
- 8 November 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
B Adn1inistrative Lalv : Public functionary-Exercise of power in arbitrmy manner-Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment-Allotment of shops/stalls by-Allotments C made violating the norms of the policy framed by the Minister herself and without inviting tenders from eligible public-Held, while in an arbitrary and illegal manner-The action of the Minister was wholly arbitrary, malafide and unconstitutional-The Minister is liable to pay Rs. 60 lakhs as exemplary damages to the Government exchequer- D Public Interest Litigation. Nilabati Be~era (Smt.) alias Lalita Behera v. State of
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