Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 301 · Decided 21 April 2004
Tirupati Balaji Developers PVT. LTD. and ORS. v. Stte of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 301 · [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 494
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 8071/2002
- Decided
- 21 April 2004
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, ASHOK BHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 96; Constitution Article 124, 129, 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 124 and 129-Establishment. of Supreme Court-Court of C Record-Supreme Court and High Courts-Relati01:iship between-Held: Supreme Court ~nd High. Courts are both courts of record and are constitutionally independent of each other-High Court is not a court High Court exercises an inferior or subordinate jurisdiction-Articles 139- D A, 141 and .J44 give an edge, and assign a superior place in the constitutional hierarchy, to the Supreme Court over. the High Courts-However, in the context of Articles 226 and 227 High Courts exercise a larger
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