Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1978] 1 S.C.R. 1

Bench M. Hameedullah Beg J.

Decided 6 May 1977

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From the headnote

Comtitution of India, 1950, Articles 131, 256, 257-Advice by Home Minister, Union oj India to Chief Minister of State dated 184-1977 to recom.. mend under Art. 163 to the Governor to dissolve Ugislative Assenzbly under Art. 174(2)(b).-Nature of the advice, whether any relief as prayed for in the suits and petitioM can be J!ranted. Doctrine of Rough Mparation of powers-Nature of-Duty of the court retardint questions involving policy matters and constitutional inuu Constilution of /Mia, 1950, Article 131. PreJidenfa satisfaction under Art. 356-Whether such a satisfaction ca~ be based only on

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1960 Madhaorao Phalke v. The State of Madhya Bharat cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2025 H. Anjanappa & Ors. v. A. Prabhakar & Ors. relied on
2020 Sri V.N. Krishna Murthy & Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Sri Ravikumar & Ors. Etc. Etc. relied on
2014 Union of India and Others v. Major S.P. Sharma and Others relied on
2010 Bhim Singh v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another followed
2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr. referred to
2024 The State of West Bengal v. Union of India referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2020 Shivraj Singh Chouhan & Ors. v. Speaker Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly & Ors. referred to
2018 K. Lakshminarayanan v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2017 Krishna Kumar Singh & Anr v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
2012 Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2010 Smt. Poonam v. Sumit Tanwar referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 followed · 10 referred to

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