Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 99 · Decided 26 February 2002
State of Karnataka and ORS. v. Saveen Kumar Shetty
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 99 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 49
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1673/2002
- Decided
- 26 February 2002
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, B.P. SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Karnataka Excise (Lease of Right of Retail Vend of Liquors) Rules, 1969: Rule/8(/)-Secuirty deposit-Forfeiture of-Highest bidder failed to execute lease deed and furnish security deposit under R.17(/)(b)-State Government accordingly cancelled the bid and forfeited the bidder's deposit made under discretion under R.18 to cancel the bid forfeiture of the amount deposited D is a consequence to the said act of cancellation-Government has no discretion whether to exercise the right of forfeiture or not-Hence, State Government is right is cancelling the bid and forfeiting the deposit made
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