ABDUL HAI KHAN vs SUBHAL C. GHOSE — C.A. No. 2676/2002

Case Summary: Abdul Hai Khan v. Subal Chandra Ghose Court Decision: The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's Division Bench judgment and restored the single Judge's decision, rejecting the appellants' petition. The Court held that since the 1963 nationalization scheme for Calcutta bus routes was only a partial exclusion (permitting some private operators), existing operators cannot claim monopoly rights or seek mandamus to prevent permits to competing operators on overlapping routes. The Regional Transport Authority retains discretion to grant permits in accordance with statutory requirements. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.