OM PRAKASH SUD ETC. ETC. vs STATE OF J & K & ORS. ETC. ETC.

The Supreme Court held that the allotment of resin quotas by the State violated Article 14 of the Constitution of India due to arbitrary discrimination against the petitioners. The Court found that the State failed to provide a reasonable basis for the allotments made to certain respondents while denying the petitioners, who were similarly situated, any allotment. The Court emphasized that equality before the law requires that classifications must not be arbitrary and must have a rational relation to the objective of the industrial policy.