Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 769 · Decided 11 November 2010
S.D. Joshi & ORS. v. High Court of Judicature at Bombay & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 769 · [2010] 15 S.C.R. 396
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 598/2008
- Decided
- 11 November 2010
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 217, 233(1), 233(2), 236; Family Courts Act Section 2(d), 2(a), 4, 7(1)(a)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 217, 233(1), 233(2) and 236 - Judges of Family Courts in State of Maharashtra - Claiming parity with members of Higher Judicial Service of the State, and seeking to be considered for elevation as Judges of the High Court - administration of justice, being one of the main constitutional goals, has to be in consonance with the expectations of the society and with definite expertise in all fields of law - The Family Court, as defined in s. 2(d) of Family Courts Act, is a creature of statute and has been vested with
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