Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 92 · Decided 15 April 1981
Gokaraju Rangaraju ETC. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 92 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 474
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 234/1976
- Decided
- 15 April 1981
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN, BAHARUL ISLAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 9; Constitution Article 233, 235; Representation of the People Act Section 107(2)
Headnote
F G H 474 GOKARAJU RANGARAJU ETC. v. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH April 15, 1981 [ 0. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN AND BAHARUL ISLAM, JJ. ] De facto doctrine-Nature and scope of-Appointment of District Judge declared void-Judgment rer.dered by him, whether becomes void. Interpretation of Judges.' By the time the appeals went up for hearing to the High Court, the appointment of the two District Judges was quashed by this Court as being in violation of Article 233 of the Constitution. The appellants contended before the High Court that having regard to the fact that the
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