Supreme Court of India

D. P. Joshi v. The State of Madhya Bharat and Another

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 1215

Bench Bijan Kumar Mukherjea J.

Decided 27 January 1955

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the petition fails and is dismissed; but in the circumstances there will be no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 15

Where later benches applied it

2025 The State of Telangana & Ors. Etc. v. Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram & Ors. Etc. relied on
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2022 Noel Harper & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2018 Dr. Kriti Lakhina and Others v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to
2015 Dr. Sandeep S/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to

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