Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 236 · Decided 1 March 2007
Vishwanath Chaturvedi v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 236 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 448
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 633/2005
- Decided
- 1 March 2007
- Bench
- AR. LAKSHMANAN, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 32
Headnote
Public Interest Litigation: c Public fanctionaries and their relatives-Allegations of acquiring assets disproportionate to known sources of their income and filing false returns- Writ petition filed as public interest litigation praying for direction to Union of fndia to take appropriate action not maintainable to inquire into returns of a tax payer, except in special circumstances, but when scams take D place allegatians of disproportionate assets are required to be looked into- Ultimate test is whether allegations have any substance-An inquiry should not be shut out at the threshold
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