Supreme Court of India

Maganlal Chhagganlal (p) Ltd v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Ors.

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Reported as [1975] 1 S.C.R. 1

Bench A.N. Ray J.

Decided 11 April 1974

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the deci sion in Northern India Caterers Ltd. v.

Judgment, page 53

Authorities it was built on

1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1954 Shree Meenakshi Mills Ltd., Madurai v. Sri A. V. Visvanatha Sastri and Another. cited by 28
1972 Allenburry Engineers Private Ltd. v. Ramakrishna Dalmia & Ors. cited by 9
1957 Asgarali Nazarali Singaporawalla v. The State of Bombay cited by 6
1964 State of Rajasthan v. Mukanchand and Others cited by 4
1961 Nav Rattanmal and Others v. The State of Rajasthan cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 The State of Haryana v. Jai Singh and Others relied on
2017 Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen (dead) by Lrs. & Ors. relied on
2014 Union of India and Others v. Major S.P. Sharma and Others relied on
2024 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors. followed
2024 Sita Soren v. Union of India referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2017 Power Machines India Limited v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2006 M/s. Crawford Bayley and Co. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
1995 M/s Khoday Distilleries Ltd. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. mentioned
1978 Jai Dutt v. State of U.P. & Ors. mentioned
1975 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation & Ors. v. Ramanlal Govindram & Ors. mentioned
2014 Usha Bharti v. State of U.P. & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 3 referred to · 4 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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