Supreme Court of India

Baba Tek Singh v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 724
Bench Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.
Decided 17 September 2012

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 32 - Writ petition - Maintainability - Petitioner filing petition under Article 226 of c Constitution alleging threat to his life and personal liberty - Withdrawing the petition feeling that the proceeding before High Court were not effective - Subsequently filing petition under Article 32 for the same remedies - Held: The petition under Article 32 is not maintainable - The action of the 0 petitioner in withdrawing the Petition pending before High Court simply to file the petition under Article 32 is not acceptable - The petitioner is wrong in his belief

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