Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 45 · Decided 22 April 1983
Devaki Nandan Prasad v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 45 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 921
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3053/1980
- Decided
- 22 April 1983
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Writs issued by Court must be complied with protnptly-Persons responsi­ ble for non-compliance liable for contempt action-Ex~mplary costs awarded for harassment. In Deokinandan Prasad v. State of Bihar & Ors., [1971] Supp. S.C.R. 634 decided on May 4, 1971 the Court had, after con1ing to to penslon under r. 5 of the Bihar Pension Rules, issued a writ· of mandamus directing the State Government to consider the claim of the petitioner rOr payment or pension according- to . Jaw. Inspite or the petitioner having approached the Chief Minister for implementation of the-
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