Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 485 · Decided 11 April 2008
Common Cause (A REGD. Society) v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 485 · [2008] 6 S.C.R. 262
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 580/2003
- Decided
- 11 April 2008
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 14; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
6 S.C.R. 262 COMMON CAUSE (A REGO. SOCIETY) If. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 580 of 2003) APRIL 11, 2008 (H.K. SEMA AND MARKANDEY KAT JU, JJ.) · Public Interest Litigation - Petitioner seeking directions to authorities for taking various traffic safety measures to is competent to give - Judiciary cannot encroach into the domain of the legislature/executive - The Courts must 0 exercise judicial restraint and must not perform executive! legislative functions - Article 21 of the Constitution must not be used by the Courts to justify every kind of
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