Supreme Court of India

C.K. Prahalada & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 852
Bench S.B. Sinha and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 6 May 2008

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 136 - Discretionary iurisdiction - Exercise of - Succession Certificate in favour of c appellant's father on death of his brother - Suit by appellant's father seeking direction to hospital Authorities to hand over the articles removed from the body of the brother to them - Decreed exparte - Execution petition after 6 years - Appeal by State - Also application for condonation of delay of 2487 days - Application as also appeal allowed by High Court and matter remitted to trial court - On appeal, held: Succession certificate is granted for limited purpose -

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