Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 212 · Decided 8 May 2012
Union of India & ORS. v. Rafique Shaikh Bhikan & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 212 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 715
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 28609/2011
- Decided
- 8 May 2012
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Hajj Policy: A B Registration of Private Tour Operators (PTOs) for ferrying c Hajj Pilgrims - Eligibility conditions - Reasonableness of restrictions imposed for registration as PTO - Held: Object.of registering PTOs is not to distribute the Hajj seats to PTOs for making business profits but pilgrim may be able to perform his religious duty without undergoing any 0 difficulty, harassment or suffering - Restriction would not be unreasonable merely because in a given case it operates harshly - Therefore, no objection can be taken to high standards and stringent conditions being set up
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