Supreme Court of India
Mathai @ Joby v. George & Anr.
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We are of the opinion that two additional categories F of cases can be added to the above list, namely (i) where the Court is satisfied that there has been a grave miscarriage of justice and (ii) where a fundamental right of a persor. has prima facie been violated.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Article 136 and 145(3) - Discretion of Supreme Court to c entertain petitions under Article 136 - Matter referred to Constitution Bench - Petition filed against the order of High Court dismissing writ petition challenging the order of trial court rejecting the application of the defendant in a suit, seeking to send the will for another expert opinion as he was 0 not satisfied with the first expert report - HELD: Prima facie such special leave petitions should not be entertained by Supreme Court - Article 136, like Article , 226, is a discretionary remedy and the
Authorities it was built on
- 2000 Kunhayammed and Ors v. State of Kerala and Anr.
- 2004 Jamshed Hormusji Wadia v. Board of Trustees, Port of Mumbai and Anr.
- 2004 Tirupati Balaji Developers Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Stte of Bihar and Ors.
- 2003 Chandra Singh v. State of Rajasthan and Anr.
- 1986 Bihar Legal Support Society v. The Chief Justice of India & Anr.
- 2007 N. Suriyakala v. A. Mohandoss and Ors.
- 2002 Narpat Singh Etc. Etc. v. Jaipur Development
- 1959 Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd., Calcutta v. Their Workmen
- 1961 Ramsaran Das and Bros. v. Commercial Tax Officer, Calcutta and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Kamal Prasad & Ors.
- 2014 Phool Chandra & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 2016 State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
- 2016 Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Essar Power Limited
- 2016 V. Vasanthakumar v. H.C. Bhatia and Ors.
- 2011 Ashish Chadha v. Smt. Asha Kumari & Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned
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