Supreme Court of India

State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal & Others

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Reported as [2010] 1 S.C.R. 678

Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.

Decided 18 January 2010

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly they loose faith in the administration of our judicial system." The Court cautioned by observing that: "Public iriterest litigation is a weapon which has to be used D with great care and circumspection and the judiciary has to be extremely careful to see that behind the beautiful veil of public interest an ugly private malice, vested interest and/or publicity seeking is not lurking.

Judgment, page 82

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 165, 217 and 226 - Advocate General for the State - Eligibility - Age - HELD: It is fully settled that the Advocate General for the State can be appointed after he/she attains the age of 62 years - Similarly, the Attorney General 0 for India can be appointed after he/she attains the age of 65 years - Public Interest Litigation. Public Interest Litigation: Appointment of Advocate General for the State - Challenged by way of writ petition before High Court on the ground that incumbent before his appointment to the post had crossed 62 years of age - HELD: The

Authorities it was built on

2004 Dattaraj Nathuji Thaware v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. cited by 22
1980 Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Shri Vardhichand & Ors. cited by 11
2008 Pareena Swarup v. Union of India cited by 8
2009 Avinash Mehrotra v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 6
1990 Chhetriya Pardushan Mukti Sangharsh Samiti v. State of U.p and Ors. cited by 6
1976 Mumbai Kamgar Sabha, Bombay v. M/s Abdulbhai Faizullabhai & Ors. cited by 3
1962 The Atlas Cycle Industries, Ltd., Sonepat v. Their Workmen cited by 1
2005 Sanjeev Bhatnagar v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 K. Kumara Gupta v. Sri Markendaya and Sri Omkareswara Swamy Temple & Ors relied on
2018 Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India and Anr. relied on
2017 Environment and Consumer Protection Foundation v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2015 Anirudh Kumar v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2012 Kishore Samrite v. State of U.P. & Ors. relied on
2012 Adarsh Shiksha Mahavidyalaya and Others v. Subhash Rahangdale and Others relied on
2011 Delhi Jal Board v. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers & Others relied on
2022 State of Jharkhand v. Shiv Shankar Sharma and Ors. referred to
2021 Shaikh Ansar Ahmad Md. Husain v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2020 The Project Director, Project Implementation Unit v. P.V. Krishnamoorthy and Ors. referred to
2019 Ramesh Sanka v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2013 Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha v. Dhobei Sahoo & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 7 relied on · 5 referred to · 1 mentioned

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