Supreme Court of India

Kharak Singh v. The State of U. P. & Others

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Reported as [1964] 1 S.C.R. 332

Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.

Decided 18 December 1962

Status Partly Overruled

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we would issue an order directing the respondents not to take any measure against the petitioner under Regulation 236 ·of Chapter XX of the U. P. Police Regulations.

Judgment, page 30

Where later benches applied it

2023 Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr v. Union of India relied on
2013 Suresh Kumar Koushal and Another v. Naz Foundation and Others relied on
2012 Dr. Mehmood Nayyar Azam v. State of Chattisgarh and Ors. relied on
2023 Enforcement Directorate, Government of India v. Kapil Wadhawan & Anr. Etc referred to
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2022 Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors referred to
2022 Jacob Puliyel v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2010 State of West Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal & Ors referred to
2009 Bhavesh Jayanti Lakhani v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. partly overruled

Of those, 3 relied on · 8 referred to · 1 partly overruled

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