Supreme Court of India

In Re the Special Courts Bill, 1978 v. -

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Reported as [1979] 2 S.C.R. 476

Bench Y. V. Chandrachud, P. N. Bhagwati, V. R. Krishna Iyer, R. S. Sarkaria, N. L. Untwalia, S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and P. N. Shinghal JJ.

Decided 1 December 1978

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1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1953 Habeeb Mohamed v. The State of Hyderabad cited by 7
1957 Asgarali Nazarali Singaporawalla v. The State of Bombay cited by 6

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2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
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2017 Nikesh Tarachand Shah v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2017 Common Cause : A Registered Society v. Union of India referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to
2015 The Kerala Bar Hotels Association &anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
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2012 Re: Special Reference N0.1 of 2012 v. -- referred to

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