Supreme Court of India

K. Saravanan Karuppasamy & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 1149
Bench T.S. Thakur and R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 16 September 2014

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case, we deem it necessary to emphasise that despite wide powers conferred by Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution, while passing any order, the Courts must bear in mind certain self-imposed lir:nitations on the exercise of these Constitutional powers.

Judgment, page 11

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 32 - Writ of mandamus by petitioners seeking independent investigation by an independent agency like CBI or Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the incident of alleged beating of students of law college by miscreants for initiation of criminal proceedings against the guilty police personnel and others - Petitioners' organization had filed complaint with National Human Rights Commission against erring police officials since State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) refused to entertain the same - Petitioners' alleging their harassment by the police and

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