Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 266 · Decided 13 April 2004
DR. Karan Singh v. State of Jammu and Kashmir and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 266 · [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 43
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5943/1997
- Decided
- 13 April 2004
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 17, 31; Constitution Article 363; Arbitration Act Section 2(a)
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 363-Disputes arising out of treaties, agreements, covenants etc.- Bar to interference-By Courts-Writ petition-Maintainability of-Ex-Ruler C entered into an agreement before commencement of Constitution-The said ex-Ruler, in a correspondence to the Union of certain "articles" and was accepted by the latter-Ex-Ruler's son filed a writ petition claiming the said "articles" as private properties of the Ruler family-Held: The said correspondence D would amount to an "agreement" within the meaning of Art. 363-Hence,
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