Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 402 · Decided 28 October 1998
Special Reference NO. I of 1998 v. -----
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 402 · [1998] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 400
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1/1998
- Decided
- 28 October 1998
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.B. MAJMUDAR, SUJATA V. MANOHAR, G.T. NANAVATI, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, K. VENKATASWAMI, B.N. KIRPAL, G.B. PATTANAIK (9-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 143, 124(2), 217(1), 222(1), 143(1)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 143 and 124 (2), 217 (1) and 222(1)-Presidential reference re-consultation between the Chief Justice of India and his brother judges regarding appointments of Supreme Court and C High Court judges and transfer of latter-Answering Justice of India must make a recommendation to appoint a judge of the Supreme Court and to transfer a Chief Justice or puisne Judge of a High Court in consultation with the four senior most puisne Judges of the Supreme Court-In so far as an appointment to the High Court is concerned, the D
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