2/15, 08:21] K. Selvaraj Mhc Advt: Today Law Notes [2/15, 08:25] Sekarreporter1: *15.02.2021: K. Selvaraj MHC Adv -* *Grounds of Challenge of Administrative Actions* 1) *_Ultravires or Illegality_* [(1995) 3 SCC 295]
[2/15, 08:21] K. Selvaraj Mhc Advt: Today Law Notes
[2/15, 08:25] Sekarreporter1: *15.02.2021: K. Selvaraj MHC Adv -*
*Grounds of Challenge of Administrative Actions*
1) *_Ultravires or Illegality_*
[(1995) 3 SCC 295]
Real Food Products Ltd. Vs. A.P. State Electricity Board
[(1996) 9 SCC 495]
J.N. Ganatra Vs. Morvi Municipality
2) *_Irrationality, namely Wednesbury unreasonableness_*
[(1948) 1 KB 223]
In Associated Provincial Picture Homes Ltd. Vs. Wednesbury Corporation
Lord Green M.R. laid down that an authority exercising the discretion must:
i) Take all relevant factors into consideration
ii) Exclude all irrelevant factors from its consideration
iii) Reach the decision which is neither perverse, nor irrational.
[(1989) 1 SCC 89]
Faish Chandhury Vs. D.G. Doordarshan
[(1983) 4 SCC 339]
Suman Gupta Vs. State of J&K
3) *_Procedural irregularity_*
[(1994) 6 SCC 651]
Tata Cellular Vs. Union of India
[AIR 2001 SC 80]
Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs. UOI