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SUPREME COURT
, J
Sushila Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. termination of distributorship based on conduct allegations. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 5) |
| 2. challenge to termination based on procedural unfairness. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 3. importance of procedural fairness in administrative actions. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. relevance of previous compassionate grounds in administrational review. (Para 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. restoration of rights and distributorship after judicial review. (Para 16) |
1. Leave granted. The appellant is the widow of Major General B.N. Kumar, who was killed in war with Pakistan. She applied for allotment of LPG distributorship on compassionate ground. Respondent 1, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. accepted her application and vide letter dated 27-11-1989/20-3-1990 she was offered the dealership at Noida. However, the distributorship agreement was executed only on 7-7-1994.
2. The appellant successfully operated the dealership from 1994 to 2001 without any cause of complaint from any consumer. After seven years, she was served with a show - cause notice dated 27-4-2001 proposing to take action on the ground of violation of the terms of agreement. It was alleged that during the inspections carried out by the field staff, the appe
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