Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Public Interest Litigation |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Constitution of India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Petition Dismissed |
Headnote | Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Public Interest Litigation – Writ petition seeking direction for investigation into the alleged anomalies/irregularities in the purchase of helicopter by the State of Chhattisgarh and also into the alleged bank accounts in British Virgin Islands (UK) linked with the son of Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh – Allegation that Chhattisgarh Government purchased helicopter by floating a sham tender, paid excess money and in the process caused loss of Rs. 65 lakhs to exchequer in the procurement of the helicopter – Interference with – Held: Not called for – State Government was entitled to make a choice to purchase the Helicopter – Nothing on record to show that the Helicopter could have been procured for lesser price – No person claiming to give a better deal has come forward – Thus, in absence of clear evidence that loss was caused to public exchequer by way of commission payment to the Company which was only a route to send the payment to the son of the Chief Minister, interference by this Court not called for – Further, in the tripartite agreement CAG report did not attribute any extraneous consideration in the deal – Also there is no material to prima facie hold that beneficiary of the transaction was Chief Minister’s son. Art. 32 – Public interest litigation – Interference by court – When – Held: Court is cautioned against interference with decisions of the Executive without there being clear issue of genuine public interest – However, they do not create a jurisdictional bar, if conscience of the Court is pricked in a given case – Petition u/Art. 32, without clear element of public interest, cannot be entertained at the instance of a political rival merely on account of an alleged procedural irregularity in the decision making which can be challenged at appropriate forum by the aggrieved party. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel |
Neutral Citation | 2018 INSC 138 |
Petitioner | Swaraj Abhiyan And Anr. |
Respondent | Union Of India And Ors. |
SCR | [2018] 2 S.C.R. 991 |
Judgement Date | 2018-02-13 |
Case Number | 720 |
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