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In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court has issued a writ of “Continuing mandamus” ?

In Vineet Narain v. Union of India (1998), the Jain hawala case, the Supreme Court used a continuing mandamus: it kept the case pending and issued directions from time to…

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In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court has issued a writ of “Continuing mandamus” ?

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In Vineet Narain v. Union of India (1998), the Jain hawala case, the Supreme Court used a continuing mandamus: it kept the case pending and issued directions from time to time to monitor the CBI's investigation, and later laid down directions on the independence of the CBI and the Central Vigilance Commission.

The other cases did not use this technique; continuing mandamus is now used in environmental and other public interest cases as well.

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