Vivian Lobo S/O Shri Fabiya Lobo v. State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Rajasthan excise policy 2022-23/2023-24; Clause II(ix) amendment dated 22.01.2023; communication dated 06.02.2023; RTDC RSBCL RSGSM vends without revenue guarantee or lifting of liquor; forfeiture of security deposit Clause 2.7 on non-renewal; refund of security refused; two categories of liquor licence; Article 14 reasonable classification; estoppel of auction participant; infructuous writ petitions by efflux of time; Keshar Kanwa 3945/2023; Nitish Kumar Verma 4928/2022; batch disposal of ~91 connected writ petitions; Nandlal Jaiswal; Khoday Distillers; P.N. Kaushal; B. Surendra Das.
What did the court decide?
The writ petitions deserve dismissal partly because the very policy in issue was already considered by this Court in Smt. Keshar Kanwa and Nitish Kumar Verma, wherein the writ petitions were dismissed either as infructuous or on merits.