Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 350 · Decided 8 August 2001
Salkia Businessmen's Association and ORS. v. Howrah Municipal Corproation and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 350 · [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 374
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5183/2001
- Decided
- 8 August 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Writ petition-Disposal of-In terms of compromise-Terms C of compromise part and parcel of order-However, authorities failed to comply with its terms-Subsequent writ petition dismissed on the ground that the terms were matters of contract between the parties Courts are bound to honour and implement their own orders-Otherwise rule of law becomes a casualty-As D long as the earlier order stood, it is not permissible to go behind the same to ascertain its substance or nature of compliance-Hence, High Court not justified in dismissing the writ
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