Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 314 · Decided 5 April 2017
Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 314 · [2017] 4 S.C.R. 477
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 558/2012
- Decided
- 5 April 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 105(2), 118
Headnote
Constitution of India: A B Arts. 32, 136, 105, 121, 122 and 145(3) - Reference io or reliance on Parliamentary Standing Committee Report - By Supreme C Court- In exercise o.fjurisdiction u/Arts. 32 and 136 -·Permissibility - Question referred to Cn11stitution Bench. Referring the matter to the Court HELD: 1. The procedure of the Parliamentary Standing Committee is neither inquisitorial nor adjudicative. It has its own D character. The procedure is sui generis. In the Westminister system, Parliament also deals with the matter of accountability of the executive and Standing Committees
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