Supreme Court of India

Salkia Businessmen's Association and Ors. v. Howrah Municipal Corproation and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 374
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and Dorajswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 8 August 2001

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Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Writ petition-Disposal of-In terms of compromise-Terms of compromise part and parcel of order-However, authorities failed to comply with its terms-Subsequent writ petition dismissed on the ground that the terms were matters of contract between the parties for which compensation was the remedy-Correctness of-Held: Courts are bound to honour and implement their own orders-Otherwise rule of law becomes a casualty-As long as the earlier order stood, it is not permissible to go behind the same to ascertain its substance or nature of compliance-Hence, High

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