Supreme Court of India
The State of Maharashtra v. Farook Mohammed Kasim Mapkar & Ors.
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We hold that in order to protect civil liberties, fundamental rights and more particularly Article 21, this Court and High Courts can very well exercise the power, no doubt, must be sparingly, cautiously and in G exceptional situations as observed in para 70 of the said judgment.
Judgment, page 17
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Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 32, 226 - Riots in Mumbai - Hari Masjid incident - Indiscriminate firing by police officials - Writ petition filecf in High Court in 2007 - Seeking direction to take action against the_police officials involved - Two writ petitions came to be filed in Supreme Court subsequently by two NGOs after the report of Srikrishna Commission which was constituted to inquire into the riots - Disposal of writ petition filed under Article 226 by High Court - Whether Supreme Court was seized of the matter in issue, by entertaining the two writ petitions under Article 32
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