Supreme Court of India
The Madras Aluminium Co. Ltd. v. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and Anr.
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Contract – State, a party to the contract must abide by Article 14 – Reasonable period to consider an application – Application made by the appellant for reduction to 10000 Kilovolt-Ampere (KVA) – No steps effectuating such request were taken despite repeated follow ups by the appellant – Action of the respondents in taking considerable time from when the said application was made, to when the revised agreement was entered into, if arbitrary and unreasonable – Held: Yes – State action irrespective of being in the contractual realm must abide by Article 14 – Appellant was unjustifiably asked…
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- 2012 Re: Special Reference N0.1 of 2012 v. --
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- 2019 Adjudicating Officer, Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Bhavesh Pabari
- 1983 Mansaram v. S. P. Pathak and Others
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