Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Kali Dass Ba Tish and Anr.

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Reported as [2006] 1 S.C.R. 261

Bench Y.K. Sabharwal, B.N. Srikrishna and R.V. Raveendran JJ.

Decided 5 January 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the impugned judgment of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh is erroneows and needs to be set aside, while the judgment and order of the High Court of Jharkhand are right and in consonance with the position in law and need to be upheld.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950-Artic/es 226 & 32 3A-Central Administrative Tribunal-Appointment of judicial member-Candidates recommended by Selection Committee chaired by a nominee of Chief Justice of lndia(CJI). not appointed considering their antecedents as reported by the Intelligence Bureau(IB)-Decision of non-appointment made in consultation with the CJI-Scope of judicial review on the decision-Held: Judicial review was impermissible-Parliament having reposed faith in the CJ/ as the paterfamilias of judicial hierarchy, it is not open for anyone to contend that the CJ/ might have given his

Where later benches applied it

2013 Vijoy Kumar Pandey v. Arvind Kumar Rai & Ors. relied on
2020 Aneesh Kumar V.S. & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Ors. referred to
2018 Dinesh Kumar Kashyap & Ors. Etc. v. South East Central Railway & Ors. Etc. referred to
2013 Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah (retd.) v. Janekere C. Krishna & Ors. Etc. referred to
2013 Smt. K. Vijaya Lakshmi v. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Secretary Home (courts C1) Department and Anr. not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable

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