TMI Blog1986 (8) TMI 453X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n. And if it would, whether this Court is well-equipped to grant them the necessary relief. 2. The broad facts giving rise thereto are these: - 3. The detenus were arrested from the Golden Temple Complex at Amritsar after ' the Operation Blue Star somewhere in the first week of June, 1984, They were said to be involved in the crime of waging war against the Government of India and causing mu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... from time to time, the detenus have been confined as under-trials in the Central Jail at Jodhpur. The petitioners claim themselves to be friends and political associates of the detenus. They also claim to be interested in other persons confined in Jodhpur Jail similarly situated as the detenus. 4. The grievance of the petitioners (which means the grievance of the detenus) is that some incident to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cial precedents to contend that this Court should entertain the petition and grant the above reliefs. 6. I regret this will not be possible for this Court, keeping apart whether it has the jurisdiction to entertain a petition of the kind or not. This Court would be slow to grant relief in a case in which, impeded as it is by distance and other factors to hold an inquiry and have its directions ob ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t. Let us assume that this Court has the jurisdiction (not by any means now holding so) but it cannot be denied that the Rajasthan High Court too has jurisdiction. The petitioners thus must be relegated to seek their remedies in that Court. Though the power under Article 226 of the Constitution is wide and extraordinary, it yet remains discretionary with this Court to exercise it or not in a given ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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