Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 410 · Decided 27 April 2017
Just Society v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 410 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 335
- Case number
- TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) No. 25/2015
- Decided
- 27 April 2017
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 4(1)(e), 14, 50
Headnote
A B Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 - ss.3(2)(a), 4(1)(d), 4(1)(e), 4(2), second proviso to s. 4(3), s.10, proviso to s. 14(3), s.16, s.37(2) ands. 63 - Constitutional validity of - Plea of the petitioner that the C said provisions ultra vires Art. 14 and 50 on the ground that the Chief Justice of uls. 4(1)(d) is a mere Memb~r of the Selection Committee and the opinion rendered by him has no primacy in the matter of selection of Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal; that the the Chief Justice of India or his nominee Judge alone who would be best situated to D decide on the suitability of
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