Supreme Court of India

Centre for Pil & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 4 S.C.R. 445

Bench S.H. Kapadia, K.S. Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 3 March 2011

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Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003: Object of its enactment - Discussed. s.4(1), proviso - Appointment of respondent no.2 (Shri c P.J. Thomas) as Central Vigilance Commissioner on recommendation of the High Powered Committee - Held: Is non est in law and is quashed. s.4(1), proviso - Recommendation under - Primary consideration for making the recommendation - Duty of the High Powered Committee (HPC) - Held: If the institutional competency would be adversely affected by pending criminal proceedings against the candidate and by that touchstone the candidate stands disqualified then it is

Authorities it was built on

2010 Hari Bansh Lal v. Sahodar Prasad Mahto and Ors. cited by 12
2000 K. Karunakaran v. State of Kerala and Anr. cited by 3
1967 State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. v. Nalla Raja Reddy & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2015 Bcci v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors. relied on
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India relied on
2024 Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement referred to
2019 Common Cause & Anr v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2018 Common Cause (a Regd. Society) & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Bharati Reddy v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to
2017 Common Cause v. Union of India and Others referred to
2014 Manoj Narula v. Union of India referred to
2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr. referred to
2013 Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha v. Dhobei Sahoo & Ors. referred to
2013 Arun Kumar Agrawal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 M. Manohar Reddy & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Honble Mr. Justice R. A. Mehta (retd) & Ors. referred to
2012 Rajesh Awasthi v. Nand Lal Jaiswal & Ors. referred to
2012 Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 13 referred to

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