[1] Research Scholar, University of Lucknow

[2]  Civil Judge, Jharkhand Judicial Services

[3] MP Jain, SN Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (7th edn, Amita Dhanda(ed), LexisNexis 2017).

[4] HWR Wade, CF Forsyth, Administrative Law (11th edn, Oxford University Press 2014)

[5] CK Takwani, Lectures on Administrative Law (6th edn, EBC 2018)

[6] Zain M Nedjatigil, ‘Judicial Control of Administrative Discretion: a Comparative Study’ (Sage Journals, April 1985) accessed 12 April 2022.

[7] Law Teacher, ‘Judicial Control and Exercise of Discretion’ (Lawteacher.net, April 2022) accessed 16 April 2022

[8] MP Jain, Indian Constitutional Law (8th edn, Jasti Chelameswar (ed), Dama Seshadri Naidu(ed), LexisNexis 2018).

[9] ibid.

[10] ibid.

[11] MP Jain, SN Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (7th edn, Amita Dhanda(ed), LexisNexis 2017).

[12] AV Dicey, Law of the Constitution (8th edn, Macmillam and Co 1915).

[13] Frederic William Maitland, The Constitutional History of England (1st edn, Cambridge University Press 1920)

[14] 1911 AC 179.

[15] 1915 AC 129.

[16] AIR 1976 SC 1207.

[17] AIR 1967 SC 1170.

[18] AK Kraipak v UoI, AIR 1970 SC 150, 13.

[19] State of Punjab and ors v Brijeshwar Singh Chahal and ors, AIR 2016 SC 1629.

[20] State of Punjab v Khanchand, AIR 1974 SC 543.

[21] AIR 1970 SC 150.

[22] AIR 2002 SC 834.

[23] MP Jain, SN Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (7th edn, Amita Dhanda(ed), LexisNexis 2017).

[24] [1964] AC 40.

[25] Sharif Ahmad v RTA Meerut, AIR 1981 SC 209, 215.

[26] KC Davis, Discretionary Justice a Preliminary Injuiry (LSU Press 1969).

[27] Ernst Freund, ‘Administrative Powers Over Person and Property’ (1929) 4(9) Indiana Law Journal 625.

[28] Suresh Estates Private Limited v Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, (2007) 14 SCC 439, 451.

[29] KC Davis, Discretionary Justice a Preliminary Injuiry (LSU Press 1969).

[30] MP Jain, SN Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (7th edn, Amita Dhanda(ed), LexisNexis 2017).

[31] AIR 1964 SC 72, 83.

[32] State of Uttar Pradesh v Renu Sagar Power Co, (1988) 4 SCC 59, 86.

[33] Tata Cellular v Union of India, (1994) 6 SCC 651.

[34] Indian Railway Construction Co Ltd v Ajay Kumar, (2003) 4 SCC 579.

[35] P Kasilingam v PSG College of Technology, (1981) 1 SCC 405.

[36] State of Jharkhand and ors v CWE Soma Consortium, AIR 2016 SC 3366.

[37] State of Gujarat v Jamnadas, AIR 1974 SC 2233.

[38] Mansukh Lal Vitthal Das Chauhan v State of Gujarat, (1997) 7 SCC 622.

[39] Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, (1968) AC 997.

[40] MP Jain, SN Jain, Principles of Administrative Law (7th edn, Amita Dhanda(ed), LexisNexis 2017).

[41] AIR 1981 SC 70.

[42] Suman Gupta v State of Jammu and Kashmir, (1983) 4 SCC 339.

[43] Union of India v Kuldeep Singh, (2004) 2 SCC 590.

[44] AIR 1991 SC 1260.

[45] Assistant Excise Commissioner v Issac Peter, (1994) 4 SCC 104.

[46] Kihoto Hollohan v Zachillu, AIR 1993 SC 412, 101.

[47] AIR 1967 SC 483, 485.

[48] Pratap Singh v State of Punjab, AIR 1964 SC 72.

[49] Bank of India v I Jogram, (2007) 7 SCC 236.

[50] Chandra Prakash Singh v Chairman Purvanchal Gramin Bank, (2008) 12 SCC 292.

[51] Makhan Singh Tarsikka v State of Punjab, AIR 1964 SC 381.

[52] Express News Paper Pvt Ltd v Union of India, (1986) 1 SCC 133.

[53] AIR 1964 SC 72, 83.

[54] Delhi Development Authority v UEE Electricals Engineering Pvt Ltd, (2004) 11 SCC 213.

[55] Ravi Yashwant Bhoir v District Collector Raigad, AIR 2012 SC 1339.

[56] In re Manick Chand Mahata v Corporation of Calcutta, ILR 1921 Cal 916.

[57] Srinivasa Cooperative House Building Society Ltd v Madam Gurumurthy Sastry, (1994) 4 SCC 675.

[58] RK Jain v Union of India, (1993) 4 SCC 119.

[59] V Purushottamrao v Union of India, (2001) 10 SCC 305, 25.

[60] Hitendra Singh and ors v Dr PD Krishi Vidyapeeth, AIR 2014 SC 1635.

[61] MP Police Establishment v State of MP, (2004) 8 SCC 788, 29.

[62] AIR 1957 SC 164, 168.

[63] Ranjit Singh v Union of India, AIR 1981 SC 461.

[64] Registrar Trade Marks v Ashok Chandra Rakhit, AIR 1955 SC 558.

[65] Indian Banks Association v Devkala Consultancy Services, (2004) 11 SCC 1.

[66] State of West Bengal v Anwar Ali, AIR 1952 SC 75.

[67] AIR 1984 SC 1361, 1367.

[68] Union of India v Ganayutham, (1997) 7 SCC 463.