MAHENDER KUMAR GUPTA . vs SATENDER KR. TRIPATHI . — C.A. No. 2988/2004

Case Summary: C.A. No. 002988/2004 The Supreme Court heard Mahender Kumar Gupta's appeal against the High Court of Allahabad's order that had restrained him from functioning as a transport contractor for the Uttar Pradesh department indefinitely. The Court found that the High Court's perpetual blacklisting order was passed without affording the appellants a hearing opportunity and was disproportionate, especially since the underlying contract had already expired. On May 5, 2004, the Court granted leave and allowed the appeal by deleting the High Court's restraint direction, permitting the appellants to resume transport contracting work. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.