https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217658 Article 143(1) permits a Presidential Reference on a question of law or fact of public importance even where it concerns clarification of an earlier judgment, so long as it does not reopen the original lis or seek appellate correction; the Reference was maintainable. Auction is not a constitutional compulsion for disposal of all natural resources: Article 14, Article 39(b), and the public trust doctrine require fairness, transparency, non-discrimination, and public interest, but different allocation methods may be valid if rationally tied to the common good. Judicial review may test such policy choices for arbitrariness or unreasonableness, but the Court will not prescribe one universal method of allocation. en-us Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217658 Article 143(1) permits a Presidential Reference on a question of law or fact of public importance even where it concerns clarification of an earlier judgment, so long as it does not reopen the original lis or seek appellate correction; the Reference was maintainable. Auction is not a constitutional compulsion for disposal of all natural resources: Article 14, Article 39(b), and the public trust doctrine require fairness, transparency, non-discrimination, and public interest, but different allocation methods may be valid if rationally tied to the common good. Judicial review may test such policy choices for arbitrariness or unreasonableness, but the Court will not prescribe one universal method of allocation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217658