Supreme Court of India

Registrar General, High Court of Madras v. R. Gandhi & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 77
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J. Chelameswar and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 5 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the transferred cases stand disposed of.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Article 217 - Appointment of High Court Judge - Writ petition seeking direction to Union of India and Supreme Court Col/egiums to return the fist of 12 persons comprising of ten Advocates and two District Judges for consideration by the collegiums of Supreme Court for appointment as Judges of the Madras High Court on the ground of non-suitability - Maintainability of - Held: The writ petitioners took a premature step by filfng writ petitions seeking a direction to Union of India to return the list sent by the col/egium of the Madras High Court without further

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