Supreme Court of India

P.N. Duda v. P. Shiv Shankar & Others

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Reported as [1988] 3 S.C.R. 547

Decided 15 April 1988

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it would lighten the burden of the court, without in any way interfering with the sanctity of the administration of justice, if action is taken on a H motion by some other agency.

Judgment, page 36

Authorities it was built on

1971 C. K. Daphtary & Ors. v. O. P. Gupta & Ors. cited by 10
1978 In Re : Shri S. Mulgaokar v. -- cited by 6
1970 E. M. Sankaran Namboodiripad v. T. Narayanan Nambiar cited by 6
1978 Rama Dayal Markarha v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2020 In Re: Prashant Bhushan and Anr. v. In Re: relied on
2020 Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re: referred to
2012 Sunil Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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