Supreme Court of India

Common Cause & Anr v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 3 S.C.R. 1067
Bench Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 19 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we find no ground to interfere with this writ petition and the same is hereby dismissed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946: s. 4A – Appointment of interim Director of CBI – Challenge d in petition u/Art. 32 of the Constitution – Seeking quashing of the order appointing interim Director and also seeking direction to appoint a regular Director of CBI – Plea taken that the a ppointment of interim Director was not as per s.4A and was arbitrary and illegal – Held: It is apparent from the resolution passed b y the High Powered Selection Committee constituted u/s. 4A that appointment of the interim Director was authorised by the Committee – Therefore, the appointment was not

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