Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Sankal Chand Himatlal Sheth and Anr.

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Reported as [1978] 1 S.C.R. 423

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 19 September 1977

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17 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 79
1958 M. P. V. Sundararamier & Co. v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Another cited by 58
1960 M. Pentiah and Others v. Muddala Veeramallappa and Others cited by 35
1969 Chandramouleshwar Prasad v. Patna High Court & Ors. cited by 26
1977 Dattatraya Govind Mahajan & Ors. Etc. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. cited by 16
1969 State of Assam & Anr. v. Kuseswar Saikia and Ors. cited by 10
1966 State of Assam v. Ranga Mahammad and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

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2012 State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Gujarat Revenue Tribunal Bar Association and Anr. relied on
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2021 Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Jaypee Kensington Boulevard Apartments Welfare Association & Ors. v. Nbcc (india) Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2013 Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah (retd.) v. Janekere C. Krishna & Ors. Etc. referred to
2007 State of U.P. and Ors. v. Jeet S. Bisht and Anr. mentioned
1994 K. Ashok Reddy Etc. v. The Government of India and Ors. mentioned
1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India mentioned
1993 R.k.jain v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
1991 Union of India and Anr. v. Deoki Nandan Aggarwal mentioned
1983 Pashupati Nath Sukul & Others. v. Nem Chandra Jain & Others. mentioned
1981 S.P. Gupta & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc. mentioned
1981 Ku. Sonia Bhatia v. State of U.P. & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 7 referred to · 8 mentioned

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