the form of proceeding and its character

Supreme Court of India
Bandhua Mukti Morcha vs Union Of India & Others on 16 December, 1983
Equivalent citations: 1984 AIR 802, 1984 SCR (2) 67
Author: P Bhagwati
Bench: Bhagwati, P.N.
           PETITIONER:
BANDHUA MUKTI MORCHA

    Vs.

RESPONDENT:
UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS

DATE OF JUDGMENT16/12/1983

BENCH:
BHAGWATI, P.N.
BENCH:
BHAGWATI, P.N.
PATHAK, R.S.
SEN, AMARENDRA NATH (J)

PER PATHAK, J CONCURRING
    
 2:2.  As    regards     the  form  of    proceeding  and     its
character,  Article  32     speaks     generally  of    appropriate
proceedings.  It   should  be     a  proceeding     which     can
appropriately lead  to an adjudication of the claim made for
the enforcement of a fundamental right and can result in the
grant of  effective relief. Article 32 speaks of the Court's
power to  issue direction  or    orders    of  writs,  and     the
specific reference to writs in the nature of habeas corpus,
mandamus, prohibition,    quo warranto  and certiorari  is by
way of illustration only. They do not exhaust the content of
the Court's power under Article 32. [156 F-G]