Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 73 · Decided 4 February 2013
M. Manohar Reddy & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 73 · [2013] 1 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 174/2012
- Decided
- 4 February 2013
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: A B Art. 32 read with Art. 217 - Petition for a writ of quo c warranto seeking to quash appointment of Judge of High Court - Consultation process leading to appointment alleged to have been vitiated for failure of consideration of a criminal case pending against the of the incumbent is not in issue - As regards 'lack of effective D consultation', a fact that is unknown to anyone cannot be ·said to be not taken into consideration and the consultative process cannot be faulted as incomplete for that reason - At the time the incumbent was being
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