JUDGMENT

V.K. Jain, J. (Oral)

CM No.13137/2013 (Exemption)

Allowed subject to just exceptions.

WP (C) No.5959/2013

1. The petitioner before this Court, who is a Doctor by profession, applied for grant of a fire arm licence for his personal safety. The said application was rejected vide order 26.12.2012, of the Licensing Authority without giving any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Being aggrieved from the rejection of his application, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. After hearing the petitioner through his counsel, the appeal was dismissed on the ground that there was no specific threat to the petitioner's life or property, which would justify the grant of an arms license to him. During the course of arguments, the learned counsel for the petitioner contended before the Lieutenant Governor that sometimes the petitioner has to visit patients very late in the night and, therefore, he had applied for an arms licence for self-protection. This contention, however, did not find favour with the Appellate Authority. Being aggrieved from rejection of his appeal, the petitioner is before this Court by way of this writ petition.

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