Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Jyoti Prakash Mitter

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Reported as [1971] 3 S.C.R. 483
Bench J. C. Shah, S. M. Sikri, V. Bhargava, K. S. Hegde, A. N. Grover and I. D. Dua JJ.
Decided 21 January 1971

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that normally an opportunity for an oral hearing should be given to. the Judge whose age is in question, and the question should be decided by the President on consideration of such materials as may be placed by the Judge conc-.!med and the evidence against him after the same is disclosed to him.

Judgment, page 23

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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