Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar Yadav and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1985] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 657

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 10 May 1985

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there was no material whatsoever on record to justify such observation on the part of the Division Bench.

Judgment, page 26

Authorities it was built on

1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 79
1980 U.P. Co-operative Cane Union Federation Ltd. & Another v. Liladhar & Others cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2019 Pranav Verma & Others v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh & Anr. relied on
2017 Techi Tagi Tara v. Rajendra Singh Bhandari & Ors. relied on
2015 Hc Pradeep Kumar Rai and Ors. v. Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Ors. Etc. relied on
2014 Bishnu Biswas & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2011 The Director General, Indian Council for Agricultural Research & Others v. D. Sundara Raju relied on
2023 Office of the Odisha Lokayukta v. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi and Others followed
2025 Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of M.P. & Ors. referred to
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2024 Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors. v. Rajasthan High Court & Ors. referred to
2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors. referred to
2024 Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2023 Tajvir Singh Sodhi & Ors. v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. referred to
2021 Mohd. Mustafa v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 High Court of Kerala v. Reshma A. & Others Etc. referred to
2020 Ramjit Singh Kardam & Ors. v. Sanjeev Kumar & Ors. referred to
2013 State of Punjab v. Saul Sabhlok and Ors. referred to
2011 Barot Vijaykumar Balakrishna & Ors. v. Modh Vinaykumar Dasrathlal & Ors. referred to
2011 Justice P. D. Dinakaran v. Hon'ble Judges Inquiry Committee & Ors. referred to
2026 S. Senthil Kumaran Bose v. The State of Tamil Nadu mentioned
2016 Veerendra Kr. Gautam and Others v. Karuna Nidhan Upadhyay and Others not applicable

Of those, 5 relied on · 1 followed · 12 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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