Supreme Court of India

I. C. Golak Nath & Ors. v. Sta Te of Punjab & Anrs.

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Reported as [1967] 2 S.C.R. 762

Bench K. Subba Rao J.

Decided 27 February 1967

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15 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1966 Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 38
1951 The State of Madras v. Srimathl Champakam Dorairajan cited by 12
1961 Karimbil Kunhikoman v. State of Kerala cited by 10
1952 The State of Bihar v. Shailabala Devi cited by 8
1959 Maharajadhiraj Sir Kameshwar Singh v. The State of Bihar cited by 7
1963 Major S. S. Khanna v. Brig. F.J. Dillon cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. relied on
2022 Jarnail Singh & Ors v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Ors relied on
2022 The State of Manipur & Ors. v. Surjakumar Okram & Ors. followed
2025 IN RE: ZUDPI JUNGLE LANDS versus referred to
2025 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors. referred to
2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2023 Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union of India referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2022 M/s. Patil Automation Private Limited and Ors. v. Rakheja Engineers Private Limited referred to
2021 Union of India v. Rajendra N. Shah and Another referred to
2017 Sonu@amar v. State of Haryana referred to
2012 Bangalore City Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to
2008 Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, Rajkot v. Saurashtra Kutch Stock Exchange Ltd. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 followed · 12 referred to

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