https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289126 Rule 12 of the Assam Fishery Rules was construed as operating only where special circumstances existed and the Government formed the requisite opinion under the governing statutory scheme. On that reading, it did not confer unguided or uncanalised power, and was upheld as a rational regulatory measure consistent with Article 14 and Article 19(1)(g). The Court also held that the petitioners, having themselves sought direct settlement and not objected when the power was invoked, had acquiesced in the exercise of latent jurisdiction. That acquiescence disentitled them to discretionary writ relief, so the challenge to the fishery settlements failed. en-us Mon, 16 Dec 1968 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:40:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289126 Rule 12 of the Assam Fishery Rules was construed as operating only where special circumstances existed and the Government formed the requisite opinion under the governing statutory scheme. On that reading, it did not confer unguided or uncanalised power, and was upheld as a rational regulatory measure consistent with Article 14 and Article 19(1)(g). The Court also held that the petitioners, having themselves sought direct settlement and not objected when the power was invoked, had acquiesced in the exercise of latent jurisdiction. That acquiescence disentitled them to discretionary writ relief, so the challenge to the fishery settlements failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Dec 1968 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289126