Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 31 · Decided 23 February 1970
R. D. Agarwala & ANR. ETC. v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 31 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 778
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2634/1969
- Decided
- 23 February 1970
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER, A.N. RAY (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 132(1); Motor Vehicles Act Section 43(1)
Headnote
Practice and Pi-ocedure-Single Judge deciding iniportant questions and suo motu granting certificate 'under Art. 132(1) of the Constitution­ Pro_.,,riety. A B Writ petitions involving. important questions of law came up before C a single Judge of the High Court. He was requested by the parties Instead of doing so he disposed them of himself, and suo n1otu granted a certificate under Art. 132(1) of 1he constitution for appeal to this court. HELD : The action of the Judge though technically permissible wa-; improper, because, either the Judge should have referred the case<; to a Bench,
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