Partly allowed
Alice Raju v. the State of Kerala
Kerala HCWP(C)/21339/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Oil marketing companies and franchisees challenged Kerala Government Orders laying down guidelines for access permission to fuel stations on State Highways and Major District Roads, and District Authorities' refusals of NOCs based on those guidelines. The court held access permission is a statutory function, set aside the impugned guidelines and NOC rejections, and directed reconsideration under R
What did the court decide?
Ext.P2 and P4 G.O.s and guidelines set aside; District Authorities' NOC rejections based on them set aside; PWD-NOC conditions declared void; applications to be reconsidered within two months; writs c