Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1183 · Decided 11 October 1996
Shivsagar Tiwari v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1183 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 478
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 585/1994
- Decided
- 11 October 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 13(2); Constitution Article 32; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Misuse of powe~iniste,.-Allotment of shops-Without fallowing the guidelines, allotted to own relatives and friends-Held, allotments are ar­ bitrary, misuse of power-Injury to the high principle of public la»--Actionable C in tort-No injury to third person-No sequitur insofar as tortious damages should not be awarded against her for her alleged misuse of power. The present Writ Petition has been filed against the alleged D motivated and arbitrary allotments of shops/stalls in the year 1994 by the then Minister of Urban Development. It was alleged that the Minister had
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