Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1430 · Decided 12 December 2008
Mahavir Singh v. Khiali Ram & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1430 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 534
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7252/2008
- Decided
- 12 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 226
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: Article 226 - Power of High Court to review the order of C appointing authority - High Court setting aside appointment of Lambardar (Village Headman) made by Collector and directing appointment of writ petitioner - HELD: Court while exercising power of judicial review concerned with correctness of decision 0 making process and not merit of the decision - In the instant case, High Court has not found that Collector, in analyzing ' the comparative merits of two candidates, committed any error in his decision making process - Equity also does not lie in favour
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