Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 216 · Decided 29 March 2004
SMT. Shail v. Shri Manoj Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 216 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 649
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 585/2004
- Decided
- 29 March 2004
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, ASHOK BHAN, ARUN KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 328; CrPC Section 125; Constitution Article 22, 227
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 22 7-Jurisdiction of High Court-Application for maintenance filed by wife before fami~y court-Delay in disposal-Wife approaching High C Court-Directions issued to family court for expeditious disposal of the application-When no substantial result seen to be Judge of the family court on the date of next hearing-Wife filing petition for special leave contending that High Court granted no relief to her--Held, jurisdiction D under Article 227 is to be exercised sparingly and with care and caution, but is certainly one vesting in the High Court and
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