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The instant petition was filed to seeking to raise a grievance with regard to issuance of a \u2018Letter of Intent\u2019 and Addendum to LOI whereunder it was proposed to offer the respondent 6 a retail outlet dealership of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited pursuant to an advertisement issued for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Question as to whether a competitor in business could seek to prevent a rival party from exercising its right to carry on business came up for consideration in <em>Nagar Rice and Flour Mills v. N.T. Gowda, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/F6N2hrXM\">(1970) 1 SCC 575<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the above-cited case, it was held that a competitor in business cannot seek to prevent a rival from exercising its right to carry on business.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u>Analysis, Law and Decision<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench reiterated the position that in normal course it would not be open to a competitor in business to seek to prevent a rival from exercising a right to carry on business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Competition in a trade or business may be subject to restrictions as are permissible and as may be imposed by a law enacted in the interests of the general public. However, independent of any such restriction, a person cannot claim that no other person shall carry on business or trade so as to adversely affect his trade or business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the above, bench while parting with its\u2019 decision expressed that where the claim of the petitioner was solely to prevent a rival from exercising a right to carry on business, he would not have the locus standi to maintain a writ petition as the same would essentially be aimed at eliminating healthy competition in business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In light of the above discussion, petition was dismissed. [Prince Filling Station v. Union Government of India, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/75JRoPH9\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine All 1562<\/b><\/a>, decided on 17-12-2020]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advocates for the parties:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the petitioner: Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Abhai Kumar Singh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the respondent: A.S.G.I., Anand Tiwari, Anand Tiwari, C.S.C., Vikas Budhwar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Kesarwani and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., reiterated the settled position that in normal 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