Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 238 · Decided 21 March 2017
Ram Kishan Fauji v. State of Haryana and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 238 · [2017] 4 S.C.R. 553
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4288/2017
- Decided
- 21 March 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.M. KHANWILKAR, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227
Headnote
Letters Patent: A ·B Maintainability of Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) - Writ petition C u/Art. 226 of the Constitution - Seeking quashing of recommendation of Lokayukta for registration of FIR and investigation - Single Judge of High Court allowed the writ petition quashing the recommendation Appeal - Allowed - Appeal challenging maintainability of the LPA - Held: Till a D competent legislature takes away the power of the Letters Patent, the same can be exercised by the High Court under Cl. 10 of the Letters Patent to the High Court - However, exercising such jurisdiction, it is
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