Rule of alternate remedy not a bar for High Court to exercise Writ jurisdiction

Sameer Shah (Real Name ‘Javed Shaikh’)  Vs. Union of India & Anr (Bombay High Court) Opportunity to cross examine witnesses not given to petitioner. Rule of alternate remedy not a bar for High Court to exercise Writ jurisdiction. The Department denied opportunity to the Petitioner to cross -examine the witnesses and rejected the appeal of the Petitioner on the ground that other material on record was sufficient enough to prove the culpability of the Petitioner. The Hon’ble High Court held that cross examination of the witness is permissible irrespective of the fact that it is irrele...