Supreme Court of India
Kunga Nima Lepcha & Ors. v. State of Sikkim & Ors.
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Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32 - Public Interest Litigation - Against Chief Minister - By persons belonging to political parties - Alleging possession of assets disproportionate to known source of income and criminal misconduct - Seeking initiation of investigation by CBI - Held: The writ petition in the nature of PIL not maintainable - The status of petitioners as belonging to political party leads to apprehension that the petition is not the result of public spirited concern - Writ jurisdiction can be exercised only when there is violation of fundamental rights and not where
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 State of Jharkhand v. Shiv Shankar Sharma and Ors.
- 2021 Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & Ors.
- 2018 Swaraj Abhiyan and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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