Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 187 · Decided 29 August 1975
State of Andhra Pradesh & ORS. v. Chitra Venkata Rao
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 187 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 521
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2040/1974
- Decided
- 29 August 1975
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(1)(d)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, A.rt. 22&-Scope ·of High Court's power in rela­ tion to depa1tn1ental enquiries intd guilt of goYernment servants . (1) The jurisdictiQn of the High Court to issue a writ of certiorari under ~rt. 226 is a supervisory jurisdiction, and court. 'fhe. fip.d1ngs of.fact reached by an inferior court or tribun<l!l as result of the appreciation of evidence are not reopened or questioned in these proceedings. An error of law which is apparent on the face of record can be corrected but not an error of . fact, however, grave it
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