Sanjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3871 of 2024; decision date 01-03-2024; PIL dismissed; petitioner Sanjeet Kumar v. State of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department and others, including M/S Naye Drishti Naya Sabera (private respondent agency); subject-matter: enquiry into and cancellation of empanelment under Bihar Gram Swaraj Yojna Society for district-wise training centres; grounds: alleged collusion and lack of G.S.T. registration/tax evasion; Court's reasoning: PIL limited to matters affecting public at large, lack of foundational facts, tax machinery and penalty suffice; coram: K. Vinod Chandran, CJ with Harish Kumar, J (author); NAFR; uploaded 04-03-2024.
What did the court decide?
From the materials on record, apart from a lack of foundational facts, there is no material showing that the interest of the public is affected; the Government, being the agency enjoined with utilisation of public funds and revenue collection, is adequately equipped in this regard.