Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 95 · Decided 12 February 2014
Renu & ORS. v. District & Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 95 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 537
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 979/2014
- Decided
- 12 February 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR, M.Y. EQBAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: A B c Art. 32 - Writ of quo warranto - Appointment to public office - Held: Before a person can effectively claim a writ of quo warranto, he has to satisfy the court that the office in question is a public office and is held by a usurper without inevitably would lead to an enquiry 0 as to whether the appointment of the alleged usurper has been made in accordance with law or not -- For issuance of writ of quo warranto, the court has to satisfy that the appointment is contrary to the statutory rules and the person holding the post has no
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