Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 558 · Decided 28 September 2004
Chain Singh v. Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 558 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 798
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4596/1999
- Decided
- 28 September 2004
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, I950 : Articles 12 and 226- 'State '-Determination' of-Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board-Amenability to writ jurisdiction-Employees as well as C tenants of the shops of the Shrine Board filed writ petitions before the High Court claiming various reliefs-High Court, relying on within the meaning of 1rt. I 2 and, therefore, not amenable to writ jurisdiction-Correctness of-Held: Bhuri Nath 's cas~ not concerned with the issue as to whether the sweep of D Art. 226 could extend to the Shrine Board-The sweep of Art. I2 is much wider-It could be exercised against "any
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