Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-12
T. Fenn Walter & Ors vs Union Of India & Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 2679
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- T. Fenn Walter & Ors
- Respondent
- Union Of India & Ors
- Author
- K.G. Balakrishnan
- Bench
- K.G. Balakrishnan
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns a challenge to the appointment of a sitting High Court Judge as the President of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Pondicherry. The petitioners argued that such an appointment would cause the judge to cease holding office as a High Court Judge. The Supreme Court examined whether a sitting judge could hold this additional charge and whether such an arrangement is legally sustainable.