Supreme Court of India

State of Karnataka v. L. Muniswamy & Ors.

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Reported as [1977] 3 S.C.R. 113

Bench Y. V. Chandrachud, P. K. Goswami and P. N. Shinghal JJ.

Decided 3 March 1977

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27 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1960 Vadilal Panchal v. Dattatraya Dulaji Ghadigaonker and Another cited by 18

Where later benches applied it

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2021 Geo Varghese v. The State of Rajasthan & Anr. relied on
2020 Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2019 Chilakamarthi Venkateswarlu & Anr.v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2019 Mehboob-ur-rehman (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Sudha Seetharam & Anr relied on
2018 Anand Kumar Mohatta and Anr. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) Department of Home and Anr. relied on
2015 Sanjaysinh Ramrao Chavan v. Dattatray Gulabrao Phalke and Others relied on
2013 Chandran Ratnaswami v. K.C. Palanisamy and Others relied on
2012 Satish Mehra v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi & Anr. relied on
2011 Padal Venkata Rama Reddy @ Ramu v. Kowuri Satyanarayana Reddy and Ors. relied on
2008 Gorige Pentaiah v. State of A.P. & Ors. relied on
2025 Urmila Devi & Others v. Balram & Another referred to
2025 Raghunath Sharma & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Anr. referred to
2024 Puneet Sabharwal v. Cbi referred to
2023 Chanchalpati Das v. The State of West Bengal & Anr. referred to
2021 Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others referred to
2017 Vineet Kumar & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr. referred to
2013 Sherish Hardenia & Ors. v. State of M.P. & Anr. referred to
2013 Surya Baksh Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2012 Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Another referred to
2008 Divine Retreat Centre v. State of Kerala & Ors. mentioned
2001 Sunder v. Union of India mentioned
1996 State of Maharashtra Etc. v. Som Nath Thapa Etc. mentioned
1993 The Committee of Management of Panchaiyappa's Tr Ust v. Official Trustee of Madras and Another mentioned
1991 R. S. Raghunath v. State of Karnataka and Anr. mentioned
2015 Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta & Ors. distinguished
2012 Nupur Talwar v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. distinguished

Of those, 11 relied on · 2 distinguished · 9 referred to · 5 mentioned

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