Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 419 · Decided 23 January 2017
Common Cause & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 419 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 556
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 463/2012
- Decided
- 23 January 2017
- Bench
- MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH, A.K. SIKRI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
. Investigation - Special Investigation Tea111 - Appoint111ent - To investigate the abuse of authority co111111itted by the then CBI Dire.ctor (Sh. Ranjit Sinha) in order to scu/lle inquiries, investigations and prosecutions ,being· car,,ried in coal bloc,k a/location cases -Held: In view of the Report filed by the Co111mittee appointed by Supre111e Court to look into the allegations against Sh. Ranjit Sinha, a pri111a facie case has been made out for investigation into the abuse of authority by Sh. Ranjit Sinha - Therefore, Special
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