Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Kumar Jha v. Prakash Chandra Chaudhary & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 893
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 5 December 2018

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Constitution of India: Art. 226 – Jurisdiction under – Scope of – Held: In exercise of jurisdiction u/s. 226, High Court cannot sit in app eal over the findings recorded by a competent administrative aut hority, nor reappreciate evidence to correct the error of fact and substitute its own findings – Interference with administrative matters is permissible only when the decision is violative of fundamental or basic pr inciples of justice and fair play or suffers from any patent or flag rant error – If the court finds factual error which goes to th e root of the decision, appropriate course

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