Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 160 · Decided 11 March 2004
DR. B. Singh v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 160 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 1061
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 122/2004
- Decided
- 11 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 217
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950; Articles 32 and 217: - 4ppointment of Judge challenged on the basis of allegations made by someone else against the candidate-Held: Contents of the affidavit have C been verified as true and correct without disclosing its source-All possible care and caution being in the allegations, credibility/ authenticity in doubt-Petition appears to have been filed for self-publicity and at the expense of decency and dignity of Constitutional offices and D functionaries without any sense of responsibility, unmindful of the adverse impact, lacking public interest-No
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