Supreme Court of India · 2008-02-26
PRABIR CHAKRAVARTY vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2007/35698
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- PRABIR CHAKRAVARTY
- Respondent
- STATE OF WEST BENGAL .
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR & R.V. RAVEENDRAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court dismissed multiple review petitions related to Civil Appeal No. 1246 of 2007, emphasizing that the petitioners lacked locus standi as they were not parties to the original appeal concerning contempt proceedings. The Court held that the petitioners, being beneficiaries of the contemnors' actions, could not seek a review of the judgment that found the officials guilty of contempt. Consequently, the review petitions were dismissed as they were dependent on dismissed impleadment applications, reaffirming the principle that only parties to a proceeding can seek a review of its outcome under Article 137 of the Constitution.