Supreme Court of India

Maru Ram Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [1981] 1 S.C.R. 1196

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 11 November 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that s. 432 iind s. 433 are not a manifestation· of Articles 72 and 161 of the Constitution but a separate, though similar, power, and s. 433A, by nullifying whol.Jy or partially these prior provisiom does not violate or detract from the full operation of the .constitutional power to pardon, commute and the like.

Judgment, page 53

Authorities it was built on

1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. cited by 139
1978 Charles Sobraj v. The Suptd., Central Jail, Tihar, New Delhi cited by 14
1960 Sarat Chandra Rabha and Others v. Khagendranath Nath and Others. cited by 12

Where later benches applied it

2025 Jamin & Anr. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2020 Satish @ Sabbe v. The State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2023 Ravinder Singh v. The State Govt. of Nct of Delhi followed
2020 Indu Bai & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors. followed
2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others referred to
2025 Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr referred to
2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr. referred to
2024 Rajendra Bhagwanji Umraniya v. State of Gujarat referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 Rajo @ Rajwa @ Rajendra Mandal v. The State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2021 The State of Haryana & Ors v. Raj Kumar @ Bittu referred to
2019 Dharani Sugars and Chemicals Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 followed · 9 referred to

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