Vikarm S/O Tulsiram v. the State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench), Division Bench of Inderjeet Singh and Ravi Chirania JJ., common order dated 05/03/2026 dismissing dozens of connected D.B. civil writ petitions (lead: D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4151/2023, Sunil Kumar v. State of Rajasthan; connected matters span CW 8335/2022 through CW 933/2025) by licensees of composite liquor shops (excise year 2022-23). Search terms: Rajasthan Excise Policy 2022-23 & 2023-24; advertisement dated 21.04.2022; auction allotment; Clause II (ix) Amendment dated 22.01.2023; communication dated 06.02.2023; RTDC/RSBCL/RSGSM licensed vends without revenue guarantee or lifting; Clause 2.7 security forfeiture; withdrawal from licence; refund of security deposit; unilateral alteration of contract; Article 14; reasonable classification; left-out shops; estoppel of auction participants; infructuous by efflux of time; Smt. Keshar Kanwa D.B. CW 3945/2023 (16.12.2024); Nitish Kumar Verma D.B. CW 4928/2022 (05.05.2022); counsel-cited precedents: State of M.P. v. Nandlal Jaiswal (1986) 4 SCC 566; Khoday Distillers (1995) 1 SCC 574; P.N. Kaushal (1978) 3 SCC 558; State of Kerala v. B. Surendra Das (2015) 12 SCC 101; Karambir Nain CWP 5573/2014 (P&H HC, 11.07.2014).