Supreme Court of India · 2020-03-19
BENEDICT DENIS KINNY vs TULIP BRIAN MIRANDA
- Citation / case number
- SC 2019/20007
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BENEDICT DENIS KINNY
- Respondent
- TULIP BRIAN MIRANDA
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
- Bench
- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed whether the High Court could interdict a legal fiction established by a State enactment under Article 226 of the Constitution. The court ruled that the High Court's jurisdiction does not extend to overriding statutory provisions that create legal fictions. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed, affirming the High Court's decision.