Supreme Court · 1950 INSC 9 · Decided 5 May 1950
Pritam Singh v. The State
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1950 INSC 9 · [1950] 1 S.C.R. 453
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2/1950
- Decided
- 5 May 1950
- Bench
- M. PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SIR SYED FAZL ALI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136(1)
Headnote
Constitution of India, Art. 136 (1)-Special leave to appeal­ Granting of leave-Guiding principles-Final hearing-Nature of. The Supreme Court will not grant special leave to appeal under Art. 136 (1) of the Constitution unless it is shown that exceptional and special circumstances exist, that question presents features of sufficient gravity to warrant a review of the decision appealed against. The view that once an appeal has been admitted by special leave, the entire case is at large and the appellant is free to contest all the findings of fact and raise every point which could be
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