Petroleum Rules, 1976

C. Albert Morris leased a vacant plot in Pondicherry to operate a petrol bunk. The lease expired in 1996 and the landlord, K. Chandrasekaran, served a notice to vacate, filed an eviction suit (later dismissed for default), and sought cancellation of the No‑Objection Certificate (NOC) and non‑renewal of the licence unde…

M/s Baspa Organics Ltd. (appellant) purchased a chemical plant and continued a fire‑and‑special‑perils insurance policy issued by United India Insurance Ltd. (respondent). After a fire in January 2002, the insurer denied the claim, alleging that the appellant had over‑valued the plant and had failed to disclose that it…

The petition concerned the cancellation of a No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued under Rule 144 of the Petroleum Rules, 1976 to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd for operating a petrol pump on a lease‑hold site. The District Magistrate, invoking Rule 151, cancelled the NOC on the ground that the licensee no longer had…