Supreme Court of India

R. D. Agarwala & Anr. Etc. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [1970] 3 S.C.R. 778
Bench M. Hidayatullah, J. C. Shah, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover and A. N. Ray JJ.
Decided 23 February 1970

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Practice and Pi-ocedure-Single Judge deciding iniportant questions and suo motu granting certificate 'under Art. 132(1) of the Constitution­ Pro_.,,riety. Writ petitions involving. important questions of law came up before a single Judge of the High Court. He was requested by the parties to refer the cases to a Divisional Bench. Instead of doing so he disposed them of himself, and suo n1otu granted a certificate under Art. 132(1) of 1he constitution for appeal to this court. HELD : The action of the Judge though technically permissible wa-; improper, because, either the Judge should have

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