Supreme Court of India

Ghanshyam Upadhyay v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Bench S.A. Bobde, A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 19 August 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the instant petition/application is without any merit and the same is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Inquiry: Commission of Inquiry – Constitution of – By Supreme Court – To investigate the alleged encounter of ‘Vikas Dubey’ – Application by the petitioner seeking scrapping of the Commission alleging ‘conflict of interest’ and ‘bias’ against the two of the members of the Commission – Held: The basis for allegation was newspaper report – The newspaper report without further proof has no evidentiary value – The present case is a fact-finding exercise – The Commission has been constituted under Commissions of Inquiry Act, which is empowered merely to investigate, record its findings and make…

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