Supreme Court of India
Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi College of Engineering & Others v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the directions contained in paragraph 7 of the impugned judgment were wholly unwarranted as they amount to judicial legislation.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
Judgment/Order - Suo motu orders - Orders passed by Court on its own motion - Sustainability of - Held: Such suo motu orders, without even a petition on which they are passed, are ordinarily not justified nor sustainable - Ordinarily, there must be a petition on which the court can pass an order- On facts, the High Court was not justified in taking suo motu action on the basis of some information which was not disclosed in the impugned order - Judges must exercise restraint in such matters - By the impugned order, the High Court directed that if the Colleges failed to fill in the post of
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