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Bombay High Court to hear suit against
petrol price hike
Tuesday May 29, 2012 02:59:07 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court will Wednesday hear a public suit against the recent
hike in petrol prices. Acting on the suit filed Monday by Rajendra
Phanse, the court issued notice to the central government, the
petroleum and natural gas and finance ministries and three oil
marketing companies.
Phanse's petition claimed that the recent hike in petrol prices is
"illegal" as it did not have parliament's approval and is "ultra
vires" of the constitution.
A division bench of Justices R.Y. Ganoo and N.M. Jamdar posted the
matter for May 30.
The petitioner stated that the hike was against the principles of
natural justice as it is bound to affect the entire population of
the country.
Citing lack of uniformity in the prices of petrol, the petitioner
said that in Thane (Maharashtra), the price per litre is Rs.81.70,
while it is as low as Rs.58.06 in Port Blair, Rs. 81.75 per litre
in Bangalore and Rs.73.18 in Delhi.
This showed that the prices of petrol change from city to city
within the country, which is nothing but a geographical
discrimination in contravention of Article 14 of the Constitution,
the petition said.
Phanse also requested the court to direct the respondents to take
any policy decision pertaining to hiking petrol prices only during
the parliament session since such decision affects common people
the most.
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