Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 586 · Decided 18 May 2022
Madhya Pradesh High Court Advocates Bar Association and Anr v. Union of India and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 586 · [2022] 15 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 433/2012
- Decided
- 18 May 2022
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227, 3
Headnote
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010: ss. 14, 21 - Jurisdiction of the High Court, if ousted by the NGT - Held:Nothing contained in the NGT Act either impliedly or explicitly, ousts the jurisdiction of the High Courts u/Arts. 226 and 227 - Power remains intact and unaffected by the NGT Act -Prerogative of writ jurisdiction of High Courts is neither taken away nor it can be ousted, as it is a part of the basic structure of the Constitution - Constitution of India - Arts. 226 and 227. National Green Tribunal - Seat
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