Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 122 · Decided 6 May 1966
State of Jammu and Kashmir v. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 122 · [1966] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 401
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1102/1966
- Decided
- 6 May 1966
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, R.S. BACHAWAT, J.M. SHELAT (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 37
Headnote
Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, s. 37-Jammu and Kash­ mir Commission of Inquiry Act 1962, ss. 3, 4(c) and 10-Acts of a Minister while in office, whether can be subject of inquiry under Inquiry Act-S. 37 of Constitution whether a bar to such inquiry­ Matters of public importance' meaning of-Affi­ davits fil.ed before Commission of Inquiry-Right to cross examine deponents, extent of. The first respondent became a member of the Council of Minis­ ter' of the State of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 and was the Prime Minister of the State from 1953 to January 1963, when he
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