Supreme Court of India

Gurpal Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 215
Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 10 May 2005

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Public Interest Litigation: Service matter-Writ petition by an individual filed under public interest litigation challenging appointment of another individual-Appointee questioning locus standi of writ petitioner and contending that petition filed because of political and personal rivalry-High Court allowing the writ petition-Held, when a particular person is the object and target of a petition styled as PIL, court has to be careful to see whether the attack in the guise of public interest is really intended to unleash a private vendatta, personal grouse or some other mala fide object-On

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