Under Article 32 of the Constitution R. Mridul, K. Jayaram, K. Ram Kumar and Aruneshwar Gupta for the Petitioner.
was delivered by Pathak, J. KRISHNA IYER, J. Is it companystitutionally valid or desirable on principle to permit a private citizen, who has but loose nexus with the victim of a crime, to invoke the special power under Art.
136 of the Constitution for leave to appeal against an acquittal of the alleged criminal thereby putting in peril his life or liberty in the absence of any legislative provision arming such officious outsider with the right to appeal?
was delivered by Krishna Iyer, J. and companycurring opinion of R. S. Pathak and A. D. Koshal, JJ.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
Soli J. Sorabjee, Solicitor General, R. N. Sachthey, E. Agarwala and Miss A. Subhashini for Respondent No.
This issue, profound on its face but unsound on reflection, falls for decision in this writ petition under Art.
355 of 1979.
The Judgment of V. R. Krishna Iyer, S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, and D. A. Desai, JJ.
