Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 269 · Decided 25 September 1987
DR. SMT. Kuntesh Gupta v. Management of Hindu Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sitapur (U.P) & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 269 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2468/1987
- Decided
- 25 September 1987
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
DR. SMT. KUNIBSH GUPTA A v. MANAGEMENT OF HINDU KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, SITAPUR (U.P) & ORS. SEPIBMBER 25, 1987 B '-y !llANGANATH MISRA AND MURARI MOHON DUTT, JJ.I Constitution of India-Art. 226--When an authority acts wholly -< without jurisdiction, the High Court should not refuse to is expressly conferred on it by the statute under which it derives its jurisdiction. U.P. State Universities Act, 1973-The Vice Chancellor in consi- D dering an order of dismissal of a principal acts as a quasi-judicial authority. The appellant was the ptintlpal of an institution, the
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