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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Date of Decision: 20.09.2013

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W.P.(C) 5959 of 2013

SAHIL KOHLI

..... Petitioner

Through:

Counsel for the Petitioner.

versus

ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

..... Respondent

Through:

Ms. Zubeda Begum, Standing Counsel,

GNCTD.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.JAIN

JUDGMENT

V.K.JAIN, J. (ORAL)

CM No.13137/2013 (Exemption)

Allowed subject to just exceptions.

WP (C) No.5959/2013

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.

2013:DHC:4789

During the course of arguments, the learned counsel for the petitioner

contend