Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1160 · Decided 5 December 2018
Sanjay Kumar Jha v. Prakash Chandra Chaudhary & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1160 · [2018] 14 S.C.R. 893
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11857/2018
- Decided
- 5 December 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art. 226 - Jurisdiction under - Scope of - Held: In exercise of jurisdiction u/s. 226, High Court cannot sit in appeal over the findings recorded by a competent administrative authority, nor reappreciate evidence to correct the error of fact and substitute with administrative matters is permissible only when the decision is violative of fundamental or basic principles of justice and fair play or suffers from any patent or flagrant error - If the court finds factual error which goes to the root of the decision, appropriate course would be
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