Supreme Court of India

Shivsagar Tiwari v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench Kuldip Singh and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 11 October 1996

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We are of the view that the mere fact that in the present case there is no injury to a third person and he has not come forward to claim damages, has no sequitur insofar as the tortious liability following mis­ feasance of public office is concerned.

Judgment, page 8

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