Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 146 · Decided 31 March 1999
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Raja Mahendra Pal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 146 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 323
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9495/1995
- Decided
- 31 March 1999
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 21, 226
Headnote
B Constitution of India, Articles 14, 21 and 226-Erstwhile ruler claiming price for forest produce supplied to state forest corporation at rates f1Xed by pricing committee as payable to government-High Court holc{ing erstwhile ruler to be possessed of powers of government and issuing mandamus for ruler; claims related to exercise of sovereign rights vested in State and could not be made by private citizen; mandamus could not have been issued. · Administrative Law-Pricing Committee constituted for determining price payable to government for supplies made to forest
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