Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 240 · Decided 23 November 1978
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and ANR. v. Rani Jethmalani
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 240 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 378
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 96/1978
- Decided
- 23 November 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.S. KAILASAM, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Petition for transfer of Crirninal Proceedings under Order XXXVI of Suprenie Court Rules 1966 read with section 406 Crin1inal Procedure Code 1973-Cen­ tral criterion and guidelines to be followed by Courts, when a motion for tran.~fer is mnde. HELD : 1. Assurance of a. fair trial is the first and the central criterion for the Court to consider when a motion for transfer is made is not the hypersensitivity or rela-tive con­ venience of a party or easy availability of legal services or the like m1n1- grievances. Somelhing more substantial, more compelling, more imperilling, from
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