Supreme Court of India · 2007-12-05
UDYAMI EVAM KHADI GRAMODYOG WEL.SAN.&ANR vs STATE OF UP .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2006/33040
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- UDYAMI EVAM KHADI GRAMODYOG WEL.SAN.&ANR
- Respondent
- STATE OF UP .
- Author
- M. PANCHAL S.B. SINHA
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL S.B. SINHA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the jurisdiction of superior courts to dismiss writ petitions based on alleged suppression of material facts, specifically under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The Court held that the dismissal of the appellant's writ petition was justified due to the suppression of the fact that multiple writ petitions had been filed on the same cause of action, which rendered the latest petition not maintainable. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's decision, affirming the dismissal of the writ petition.