Supreme Court of India

O.P. Singla & Anr. Etc v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1985] 1 S.C.R. 351

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 14 August 1984

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the proviso to Rule 7 and Rule 8(2) bear the meaning° and interpretation which is given to them in this judgment, those provisions do not by themselves suffer from any eonstitu tiona,l infirmity.

Judgment, page 30

Authorities it was built on

1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 69
1974 A. K. Subraman & Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 19

Where later benches applied it

2019 Nand Kumar Manjhi & Anr. Etc. v. The State of Bihar & Ors. Etc. relied on
2018 Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh v. State of Punjab and Ors. relied on
2019 Itc Limited v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Kolkata Iv referred to
2016 V. Venkata Prasad & Ors. v. High Court of A.P. & Ors. referred to
2010 Ch. Narayana Rao v. Union of India & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to

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