Supreme Court of India

Nagpur Improvement Trust and Another v. Vithal Rao and Others

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Reported as [1973] 3 S.C.R. 39

Bench S.M. Sikri J.

Decided 11 December 1972

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Authorities it was built on

1963 Nandeshwar Prasad and Another v. The State of U. P. and Others cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

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2021 Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr. v. M/s. Pepsi Foods Ltd. (now Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.) relied on
2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr. relied on
2019 Union of India & Anr. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors. followed
2025 Ram Kishan (since Deceased) through His Lrs Etc. v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2024 State of Andhra Pradesh and Others v. Dr. Rao, V.B.J. Chelikani and Others referred to
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2024 Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Bimal Kumar Shah & Ors referred to
2023 C.S. Gopalakrishnan Etc. v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Others referred to
2023 Ramesh Chandra Sharma & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2023 Association of Vasanth Apartments’ Owners v. V. Gopinath & Ors referred to
2021 G. Mohan Rao & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2021 Manish Kumar v. Union of India and Another referred to
2019 Pioneer Urban Land and Infrastructure Limited & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2014 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Ahmedabad Green Belt Khedut Mandal & Ors. referred to
2011 Shanta Talwar & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2016 Ravindra Ramchandra Waghmare v. Indore Municipal Corporation & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 12 referred to · 1 not applicable

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