Supreme Court of India

B. Shankaranand v. Common Cause and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] 3 S.C.R. 214
Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 11 March 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Central Government is empowered to nominate five persons under Section 4( e ), as indicated above and the persons would be members of the supreme body of the AIIMS. Conse­ quently, the Central Government is also empowered to nominate the D Minister as Chairman as was done earlier.

Judgment, page 5

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