Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 568 · Decided 2 July 2018
Common Cause (A REGD. Society) & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 568 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 901
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 505/2015
- Decided
- 2 July 2018
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 182; Constitution Article 32; Income Tax Act Section 119
Headnote
Judicial Review: Writ petition u/Art. 32 of Constitution - Challenging appointment of respondent No. 2 as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and of respondent No. 3 as Vigilance Commissioner (VC) - Seeking quashing of the appointments on the ground that being violative of the principles of 'impeccable integrity' and 'institutional integrity' - Held: Judicial determination is confined to the integrity of the decision making process - If the decision is influenced by extraneous considerations or selection is
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