Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Jagdev Singh Talwandi

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Reported as [1984] 2 S.C.R. 50

Decided 16 December 1983

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the absence of the affidavit of the District Magistrate .was held not to vitiate. the order of detention.

Judgment, page 16

Authorities it was built on

1962 The Trustees of the Port of Madras by its Chairman v. K. P. V. Sheik Mohamed Rowther & Co. and Others cited by 16

Where later benches applied it

2025 Rajan v. The State of Haryana relied on
2021 Sudipta Chakrobarty & Anr. v. Ranaghat S.D. Hospital & Ors. relied on
2022 K. Madan Mohan Rao v. Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil & Ors. followed
2017 Ajay Singh and Anr. and Etc. v. State of Chhattisgarh and Anr. followed
2025 Ravindra Pratap Shahi v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2022 Indrajeet Yadav v. Santosh Singh and Anr. referred to
2014 Mangat Ram v. State of Haryana referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 followed · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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