Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 255 · Decided 12 April 2004
Tessta Setalvad and ANR. v. State of Gujarat and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 255 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 1042
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 443/2004
- Decided
- 12 April 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Expunging of certain observations of High Court-Best Bakery case on communal carnage-Judgment of trial Court-Challenge to-Appellants/human C right activists rendered legal assistance to aggrieved parties-Disposing of the appeals, High Court casting aspersion on credibility and bonafides of for deletion of offending remarks-Held: No one should be condemned unheard-Judges are not allowed to violate judicial norms and ethics to render the decision vulnerable for challenge/criticism-Uncalled for D observations on the professional competence of a counsel/any person/authority
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