Sagir Ahmad And Ors. vs The Govt. Of The State Of Uttar Pradesh ... on 17 November, 1953
52. I may here point out that reliance was placed by the petitioners on the Full Bench decision of -- 'Moti Lal v. Uttar Pradesh Govt. (A)' to contend that where an Act conferred power on the State whereby it could discriminate against persons in its own favour then such a power was hit by the guarantee contained in Article 14. The argument before the Full Bench was that Section 42(3) (a) of the Motor Vehicles Act was 'ultra vires' inasmuch as it conferred power on the State to discriminate between individuals and itself. The provisions of Section 42(3) (a) are in these words :