Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 326 · Decided 11 April 2018
Asok Pande v. Supreme Court of India THR. Its Registrar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 326 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 147/2018
- Decided
- 11 April 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 136, 145, 124
Headnote
Constitution of India: Arts. 32, 136, 145 - Power of CJI to constitute Benches and allocate work to different Benches - Petitioner seeking mandamus for evolution of "set procedure" for constituting Benches-three judge Bench in the Court of Chief Justice Justice and two senior-most judges while a Constitution Bench to consist of five senior-most judges; and allotment of cases to different Benches in this Court - Held: Relief sought is misconceived - Mandamus cannot be issued to direct a body or authority vested with a rule making
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