Supreme Court of India

The Government of Andhra Pradesh and Others v. Ch. Gandhi

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 20
Bench R.M. Lodha J.
Decided 19 February 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid analysis, the order passed by the High Court that a double punishment has been imposed does not withstand scrutiny.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

under the Motor Vehicles Act or any other enactment, can the Court yet compel it to pay the amount in question giving it liberty to later on recover the same from the owner of the vehicle. (2) Can such a direction be given under Article 142 of the Constitution, and what is the scope of Article 142? Does Article 142 permit the Court to create a liability where there is none?” 25. The pendency of consideration of the above questions by a larger Bench does not mean that the course that was followed in Baljit Kaur5 and Challa Bharathamma6 should not be followed, more so in a peculiar fact

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