Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. K.M. Shankarappa

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 117
Bench V.N. Khare and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 28 November 2000

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Cinematograph Act, 1952-Sections 5D; 6(1)-Constitutional validity of-Held, it is not constitutionally valid as the Government cannot sit in an appeal or review a judicial order passed by the Tribunal. Before introduction of section SD to the Cinematograph Act, l 9S2, an appeal from a decision of the Board could be made to Central Government. An Appellate Tribunal was constituted by introducing section SD pursuant to the decision in K. . Abbasv. UnionoflndiaAlR, (1971) S. . 481. The tribunal was an expert body which had been set up. Besides, it has been set up for the purposes of considering

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