1961 (4) TMI 83 - SC - Customs

Whether the High Court should have rejected the writ petition of the respondent in limine because he had not exhausted all the statutory remedies open to him for having his grievance redressed?

Held that:- On the whole and taking into account the peculiar circumstances of this case that the High Court has not exercised its discretion improperly in entertaining the writ application or granting the relief prayed for by the respondent and that no case for interference by us in an appeal under Article 136 of the Constitution has been made out. The appeal fails and is dismissed