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1 - 4 of 4 (0.22 seconds)A. V. Venkateswaran, Collector Of ... vs Ramchand Sobhraj Wadhwani And Another on 4 April, 1961
4. It is settled law that there is no rule with regard to certiorari as there is with mandamus, that it will lie only where there is no other equally effective remedy. The rule requiring the exhaustion of statutory remedies before the writ may be granted, is a rule of policy, convenience and discretion, rather than a rule of law. The High Court will readily issue a certiorari in a case where there has been a denial of natural justice before a Court of summary jurisdiction, vide, State of U. P. v. Mohammad Nooh, AIR 1998 SC 66 and A. V. Venkateswaran v. Ramchand Sobhraj Wadhwani, .
Wood vs Wood on 11 February, 1878
"Time and again in the cases I have cited it has been stated that a decision given without regard to the principles of natural justice is void and that was expressly decided in Wood v. Wood, ((1874) LR 9 Ex 190). I see no reason to doubt these authorities. The body with the power to decide cannot lawfully proceed to make a decision until it has afforded to the person affected a proper opportunity to state his case."
The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
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