Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 93 · Decided 3 February 1997
The State of Bihar and ORS. v. Subhash Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 93 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 850
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3337/1997
- Decided
- 3 February 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 53, 74, 75, 154, 163, 166
Headnote
Court-Order of-Non compliance with-Power to. impose costs • for-High Court while disposing a writ petition issued directions-Respondent non complied with it-High Court imposed personal cost 011 respondent-Ap- e peal against order of High Court-Held delay in compliance with court's order was the order of High Cowt-The Court before imposing costs personally against the officers should be circumspect and keep at the back of its mind the facts and circumstances in each case. D Judicial Reviev.--Judicial review of administrative action is an essential part of rule of law.
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