Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
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Subject Keyword | 73 and Schedule VII List I Entry 53 ~ Constitution of India ~ Arts. 14 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Constitution of India ~ Arts. 14, 73 and Schedule VII, List I, Entry 53 ~— Contract for purchase of Regasified Liquified Natural Gas (RLNG) at fixed price — Thereafter, policy decision of the Central Government to pool RLNG prices — Communication by the sellers of RLNG to the purchaser (appellant) informing that pursuant to the Government policy, price of the gas under the contract would be revised ~ The policy decision found consequent action of unilaterally increasing the price of RLNG - High Court upheld the validity of the policy dectsion — On appeal, held: Though price fixing is a legislative function, it can be delegated and can be fixed by executive orders as well — RLNG is an essential commodity and parliament having enacted Essential Commodities Act, has left it to the decision of the executive to take steps for fixing the prices of essential commodities - The Union, by virtue of Art.73 r/w Entry 53 of List I of Seventh Schedule of the Constitution is competent to legislate and take policy decision in relation to the matters relating to mineral oil resources and inflammable substances, which includes RLNG — The policy decision was taken after due deliberation, in the interest of the public at large ~ The objective of the policy was to unify the price of RLNG on a non-discriminatory basis — Moreover, the consumers of RLNG through long term contracts are a class by themselves for the purpose of Art. 14 of the Constitution — The impugned decision was to apply to all the players within this class uniformly — Thus the policy decision cannot be said to be discriminatory, arbitrary, illegal, unreasonable or otherwise violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution — Therefore, the interference with the impugned policy decision is not called for. Judicial Review — Of policy decision regarding commercial matters — Permissibility — Held: Court should exercise great caution _ and restraint when confronted with matters related to the policy |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. Gopala Gowda |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 325 |
Petitioner | Essar Steel Ltd. |
Respondent | Union Of India & Ors. |
SCR | [2016] 4 S.C.R. 326 |
Judgement Date | 2016-04-19 |
Case Number | 4610 |
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