Supreme Court of India

Shukla v. State (delhi Administration)

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 500

Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, P. S. Kailasam and A. D. Koshal JJ.

Decided 11 April 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the classification is valid and reasonable and has a rational nexus with the object of the Act and that the procedure prescribed is fair and advantageous to the accused.

Judgment, page 62

Authorities it was built on

1960 State of U.P. v. Deoman Upadhyaya cited by 33
1955 Matajog Dobey v. H. C. Bhari cited by 16
1970 Chinta Lingam & Ors. v. Government of India & Ors. cited by 9
1962 Jagannath Sonu Parkar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 7
1962 Khandige Sham Bhat and Others v. The Agricultural Income Tax Officer cited by 5

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