Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 18 · Decided 21 January 1971
Union of India v. Jyoti Prakash Mitter
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 18 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 483
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 52/1968
- Decided
- 21 January 1971
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER, I.D. DUA (6-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 217(3), 132(1)
Headnote
Cvnstitution of India, 1950, Arts. 132(1) & 2t1(3)~rant of leave to Supreme Court agains~ judgment of single Judge of High Court-When permissible--Procedure to be followed by President when acting under A'rt. 217(3). Ne.rural Justice-If party effected entitled to personal hearing. Article incorporated by the 19th Amend· ment Act, was given retrospective effect from January 26, 1950, and hence, all questions relating to the age of a Judge of a High Court had to be decided by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India. The respondent raised a
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