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PETITIONER: EBRAHIM ABOOBAKAR AND ANOTHER
Vs.
RESPONDENT: CUSTODIAN GENERAL OFEVACUEE PROPERTY.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 26/05/1952
BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN
CITATION: 1952 AIR 319 1952 SCR 696 CITATOR INFO : F 1953 SC 298 (5) R 1955 SC 233 (21) F 1957 SC 264 (18) R 1958 SC 398 (13,19) D 1961 SC1312 (7) A 1970 SC1727 (5) R 1973 SC 883 (18) RF 1973 SC2720 (9) RF 1989 SC 49 (20)
ACT: Bombay Evacuees (Administration of Property) Act, 1949 Ordinance No. XXVII of 1949, ss. 7, 24--Order refusing to declare person evacuee--Whether appealable--Informant, whether "person aggrieved"--Right to appeal--Courts with limited jurisdiction--Power to decide facts upon which jurisdiction depends--Powers of an appellate court--Grant of writ of certiorari--Guiding principles.
HEADNOTE: A writ of certiorari cannot be granted to quash the decision of an inferior court within its jurisdiction on the ground that the decision is wrong. It must be shown before such a writ is issued that the authority which passed the order acted without jurisdiction or in excess of it, or in violation of the principles of natural justice. Want of jurisdiction may arise from the nature of the subjec...