Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 309 · Decided 25 July 2001
Tarlochan Dev Sharma v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 309 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 1146
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1889/2000
- Decided
- 25 July 2001
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
DEV SHARMA v. ,....__ '· ST A TE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. JULY 25, 2001 B [DR. A.S. ANAND, C.J., R.C. LAHOTI AND K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ.) -Municipalities: c Punjab Municipal Act, 1911: Section 22. President-Removal of-On ground of 'abuse of his powers '-Payment for a defective fogging machine Municipality-Decision to withhold payment may be an erroneous or unjust decision-But this does n<?t amount to 'abuse of his powers '-:-Hence, removal of President not warranted: j "Abuse of powers "-Meaning of-Held: Implies a wilfal abuse or an E intentional wrong-Erroneous exercise
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