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Friday, October 5, 2012

SC seeks law officers assistance on plea against FDI in retail

The Supreme Court on Friday Oct 5,2012 sought the assistance of top law officers, that of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, in hearing a petition against the opening of the multi brand retail sector to foreign direct investment (FDI).
Without issuing notice to the Centre, a bench of justices R.M. Lodha and A.R. Dave asked the petitioner to serve the copy of the petition to Attorney General (AG) G.E. Vahanvati or Solicitor General (SG) Rohinton Nariman saying it needs some necessary clarification on the issue.
While seeking the assistance of top law officers, the bench said, "We just want to have little clarity on the issue" as some link is missing.
During an hour-long hearing, the bench said opening the retail sector to FDI is a policy matter and "policy is exclusively in the domain of the government of the day. Some may say it is good and some may say it is bad but nothing is ultra vires."
"These are matters dealt with exclusively by ministries," the bench further observed.

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