Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 463 · Decided 24 July 2006
Om Prakash Srivastava v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 463 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 803
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 786/2006
- Decided
- 24 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 20; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Writ petition filed in Delhi High Court raising issues relating to conditions of prisoners in the State of UP.-Disposing of the writ C petition, Delhi High Court observed that it may have jurisdiction, but the issues can be more effectively dealt with by with the petition -Delhi High Court ought to have said that no part of the cause of action had arisen within its territorial jurisdiction-ft did not say so-Hence matter D remitted to Delhi High Court for fresh consideration. Article 226-Writ petition-Maintainability-Territorial jurisdiction -
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