Supreme Court of India

Hill View Colony & Ors. v. State of Nagaland & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 5 S.C.R. 508
Decided 21 April 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it would be in the interest of all the parties concerned that the writ Court (Single Judge) should decide the writ petition afresh.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Supreme Court - Directions - Respondent no.2 filed writ . petition seeking cancellation of census record collected by the Municipal council of a Industrial village and sought directions for other respondents not to accept the same - Single judge of High Court directed Municipal council to cancel records collected by them - Appellants no.1- 4, who were not party to the writ petition, filed appeal before Division Bench, which was dismissed ~ On appeal, held: Case remanded back to the writ Court (Single Judge) due to various reasons - Firstly, writ court decided the writ petition without taking

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