New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court's order staying the State government's proposal to shift the headquarters of the Himachal Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes from Shimla to Dharamshala in Kangra district, holding that such a move falls within the domain of policy decisions with minimal scope for judicial interference.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice N.V. Anjaria observed that the shifting of the headquarters of an institution is essentially a policy matter and ordinarily not justiciable.
"Prima facie, it seems to us that the shifting of the headquarters of an institution is a policy matter which has the l...