Supreme Court of India

Cantonment Board, Jammu & Ors. v. Jagat Pal Singh Cheema

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1192
Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 9 August 2012

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In view of the above discussion we are of the opinion D .that the conclusions reached by the High Court ought not to be .sustained.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

CANTONMENTS ACT, 1924: ss. 52- Power of Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the command on reference u/s.51 or otherwise - Held: The power conferred by s. 52 in the Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, is a power to correct the decisions of the Cantonment Board - It is a power vested in a high functionary 0 of the Cantonment to be exercised for the reasons spelt out by the statute - Therefore, the power conferred by the first part of s. 52 should not be, in any manner, curtailed by reading a limit thereon so as to exclude from its purview the matters that may have reached the specified

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