Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 299 · Decided 12 July 2002
T. Fenn Walter and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 299 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 134
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3993/2002
- Decided
- 12 July 2002
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, Y.K. SABHARWAL, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 124(4); Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Superior judiciary-Sitting Judge-Appointment to Commissions and Tribunals-Validity of-Held, such appointment valid-But in view of C constitutional position of such Judge and in the interest of independence of judiciary, guidelines formulated as to manner of appointment to Commission or in this case was whether sitting Judges of High Court appointed to various Commissions and Tribunals can still D discharge the duties as sitting Judges. The issue arose when a sitting Judge of High Court was appointed as President of State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, a group
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