Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 590 · Decided 4 December 2001
Pradip Chandra Parija and ORS. v. Pramod Chandra Patanaik and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 590 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 460
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 791/1993
- Decided
- 4 December 2001
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.S.M. QUADRI, U.C. BANERJEE, S.N. VARIAVA, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India, I950/Supreme Court Rules I960. Articles I45(2) and (3)/0rder VII, Rules(!) and (2)-Supreme Court- Constitution of Benches and reference of matters by smaller Bench to larger Bench-A Two-Judge Bench not agreeing with the decision (Jf an r~ferring the matter to five-Judge Bench-Held, judicial discipline and propriety deml<mls that a Bench of two Judges should.follow a decision (Jf a Bench (Jf three Judges-But, if a Bench o,f two Judges concludes that an earlier judgment o.fthree Judges is so ve1y incorrect that in no
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