Supreme Court of India

Om Prakash Srivastava v. Union of India and Anr.

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Bench Arijit Pasayat and Altamas Kabir JJ.
Decided 24 July 2006

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we set aside the B impugned order of the High Court and remit the matter to it for fresh hearing on merits.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Writ petition filed in Delhi High Court raising issues relating to conditions of prisoners in the State of UP.-Disposing of the writ petition, Delhi High Court observed that it may have jurisdiction, but the issues can be more effectively dealt with by the Allahabad High Court­ Correctness of-Held: This is not a correct way of dealing with the petition -Delhi High Court ought to have said that no part of the cause of action had arisen within its territorial jurisdiction-ft did not say so-Hence matter remitted to Delhi High Court for fresh…

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