Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. H. S. Dhillon

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Reported as [1972] 2 S.C.R. 33

Decided 21 October 1971

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Authorities it was built on

1969 Harakchand Ratanchand Banthia and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 18
1950 State of Bombay v. Narothamdas Jethabai and Another cited by 13
1969 Kanti Prasad Jayshanker Yagnik v. Purshottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel and Others cited by 8
1970 Second Gift Tax Officer, Mangalore, Etc. v. D. H. Nazareth Etc. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

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2025 The State of Telangana & Ors. Etc. v. Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram & Ors. Etc. referred to
2025 Union of India & Others v. Future Gaming Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Another Etc. referred to
2024 State of U.P. & Ors v. M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons referred to
2024 Chief Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax & Ors. v. M/s Safari Retreats Private Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. referred to
2022 State of Karnataka & Anr. Etc. v. State of Meghalaya & Anr. Etc. referred to
2017 Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2016 State Bank of India v. Santosh Gupta and Anr. Etc. referred to
2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
2014 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another referred to
2013 M/s. P.G.F. Limited & Ors. v. Union of India & Another mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 10 referred to · 1 mentioned

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