Supreme Court of India

Krishnanand (d) Through. Lrs. v. Deputy Director of Consolidation & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 1001
Bench S.A. Bobde J.
Decided 28 October 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appeal deserves to be allowed arid is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - Writ jurisdiction· - Scope of - Held: Jurisdiction u/Article 226 cannot be exercised for reappraisal of evidence unless the order impugned was passed by the authority without jurisdiction or in excess of his jurisdiction, or finding was patently perverse - In the present case, High Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction was not right in reversing concurrent finding of fact arrived at by three authorities - Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution

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