Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 465 · Decided 3 August 2010
Bhabani Prasad Jena v. Convenor Secretary, Orissa State Commission for Women & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 465 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 457
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6222/2010
- Decided
- 3 August 2010
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 112; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Orissa (State) Commission for Women Act, 1993 - s.10 A B - Extent of power of the State Commission for Women C constituted under s.3 of the Act - Discussed - Held: The Act has not entrusted the State Commission with the power to take up the role of a court or an adjudicatory the rights of the parties - The State Commission is not a tribunal discharging the functions of a judicial D character or a court - On facts, the State Commission had no authority, competence or power to order ONA test pursuant to a complaint filed by a woman alleging torture at the hands of
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)