Supreme Court of India

Pritam Singh v. The State

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Reported as [1950] 1 S.C.R. 453
Bench Saiyid Fazl Ali, Patanjali Sastri, Mehr Chand Mahajan, Mukherjea and Das JJ.
Decided 5 May 1950

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Constitution of India, Art. 136 (1)-Special leave to appeal­ Granting of leave-Guiding principles-Final hearing-Nature of. The Supreme Court will not grant special leave to appeal under Art. 136 (1) of the Constitution unless it is shown that exceptional and special circumstances exist, that substantial and grave injustice has been done and the case in question presents features of sufficient gravity to warrant a review of the decision appealed against. The view that once an appeal has been admitted by special leave, the entire case is at large and the appellant is free to contest all the

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