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37. The   Apex   Court   in   a   case   titled   as  Centre   for  Public Interest Litigation and Ors. versus Union of India  and Ors. with Dr. Subramanian Swamy versus Union of  India and Ors., reported in 2012 AIR SCW 3569, held that the  Court   cannot   substitute  its   opinion   for  the  one   formed  by   the  experts in the particular field.   It is apt to reproduce relevant  portion of para 79 of the judgment herein:

"79. In majority of judgments relied upon   by learned Attorney General and learned   counsel   for   the   respondents,   it   has   been   held   that   the   power   of   judicial   review   should   be   exercised   with   great   care   and   circumspection  and  the Court should not  ­: 34 :­ ordinarily   interfere   with   the   policy   decisions   of   the   Government   in   financial   .