Supreme Court of India
Gurpal Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
From the headnote
Public Interest Litigation: Service matter-Writ petition by an individual filed under public interest litigation challenging appointment of another individual-Appointee questioning locus standi of writ petitioner and contending that petition filed because of political and personal rivalry-High Court allowing the writ petition-Held, when a particular person is the object and target of a petition styled as PIL, court has to be careful to see whether the attack in the guise of public interest is really intended to unleash a private vendatta, personal grouse or some other mala fide object-On…
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Sheikh Javeed Ahmad & Anr. v. State of J&k & Ors.
- 2013 Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha v. Dhobei Sahoo & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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