Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 117 · Decided 24 January 2025
S Shobha v. Muthoot Finance LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 117 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1147
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 2625/2025
- Decided
- 24 January 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12, 226; Companies Act
Headnote
Whether the respondent-Muthoot Finance Ltd. is a "State" within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and therefore amenable to writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. Constitution of India - the High Court held that Muthoot Finance Ltd. is not a "State" within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and therefore not amenable to writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of Constitution: Held: (1) For issuing writ against a legal entity, it would have to
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