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1 - 7 of 7 (0.29 seconds)Bhairulal Chunilal vs State Of Bombay on 16 June, 1953
11. Both English Law and the American Law definitely state that
in exercising the discretion, the court should consider all the
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circumstances of the case, including lapse of time, and
circumstances which would establish laches, acquiescence or
estoppel, and whether the public interest will be served. Chief
justice Chagla said in Bhairulal Chunilal v. State of Bombay 5
thus :-
The University Of Mysore And Anr vs C. D. Govinda Rao And Anr on 26 August, 1963
13. Way back in the year 1963, the Constitution Bench of the
Supreme Court in the matter of The University of Mysore &
another v. C. D. Govinda Rao & another 6 while dealing with the
nature of writ of quo warranto has held in no uncertain terms that
before a citizen can claim a writ of quo warranto, he must satisfy
the Court that the office in question is a public office and is held by
5 AIR 1954 Bombay 116
6 AIR 1965 SC 491 : (1964) 4 SCR 575
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usurper without legal authority by observing as under:-
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otherwise, the post of Senior Primary Teacher (Biology) of DAV
Public School is not an office in line with the decision as indicated
by Sir William Wade in his Administrative Law and in G.D.
Karkare (supra). Therefore, I have no hesitation to hold that this
petition is not a bona fide writ petition seeking writ of quo warranto
and as such discretionary relief of quo warranto cannot be
granted at the instance of the petitioner. The writ petition
deserves to be and is accordingly dismissed leaving the parties to
bear their own cost(s).
Dr. D.C. Jain vs The University Of Jodhpur And Ors. on 26 November, 1976
16. Similar is the proposition struck by the Rajasthan High Court
in the matter of Dr. D. C. Jain v. University of Jodhpur 10 in which
it has been held as under:-
Section 116 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
R.K. Jain vs Union Of India And Ors on 14 May, 1993
14. Similarly, in the matters of High Court of Gujrat and another
v. Gujrat Kishan Mazdoor Panchayat and others 7 and R. K.
Jain v. Union8 similar proposition of law has been propounded
with regard to writ of quo warranto.
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