Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Anr. v. Raghubir Singh (dead) by Lrs. Etc.

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Reported as [1989] 3 S.C.R. 316

Bench R.S. Pathak CJI, E.S. Venkataramiah, Sabyasachi Mukharji, Ranganath Misra and S. Natarajan JJ.

Decided 16 May 1989

Status Overruled

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there was sufficient justification for the order dated 23 September, 1985 made by the Bench of two learned· Judges referring these cases to a larger Bench for reconsideration of the question decided in K. Kamalajammannivaru (dead) by Lrs., (supra) and Bhag Singh 'and Ors., (supra).

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1894: Sections 30(2) and 15-Solatium payable under Section 23(2) increased to 30 per cent- Amending Section-Whether applicable to awards inade prior to April 30, 1982. Held applies to awards made by the Collector or Court bet- ween April 30, 1982 and Sept. 1984 and not before-Benefit extends to appeals taken from such awards only. Constitution of India-Articles 145, 137 and 141-Decision of a Division Bench rendered earlier in point of time-Whether binding on a subsequent Division Bench comprised of equal number of Judges or of more Judges. common question of

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1989 Smt. Triveniben & -ors. v. State of Gujarat & Ors. cited by 42
1983 T. V. Vatheeswaran v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 23
1984 Javed Ahmed Abdul Hamid Pawala v. State of Maharashtra cited by 12

Where later benches applied it

2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors. relied on
2014 Sundeep Kumar Bafna v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. relied on
2011 Indian Council for Enviro-legal Action v. Union of India & Others relied on
2023 Ram Kishor Arora v. Directorate of Enforcement followed
2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. followed
2024 Sita Soren v. Union of India referred to
2024 Perumal Raja @ Perumal v. State, Rep. by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 M/s Trimurthi Fragrances (p) Ltd. through its Director Shri Pradeep Kumar Agrawal v. Government of N.C.T. of Delhi through its Principal Secretary (finance) & Ors. referred to
2022 M/s. Total Environment Building Systems Pvt. Ltd v. The Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes & Ors referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2020 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors. referred to
2018 Shanti Bhushan v. Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and Another referred to
2017 M/s Shanti Fragrances v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2015 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Sharma & Anr referred to
2015 Foreshore Co-operative Housing Society Limited v. Praveen D.desai (dead) Thr. Lrs. and Others referred to
2013 K.S. Panduranga v. State of Karnataka referred to
2012 M/s Purbanchal Cables & Conductors Pvt. Ltd v. Assam State Electricity Board & Another referred to
2012 Rattiram & Ors. v. State of M. P. through Inspector of Police referred to
2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i referred to
2022 The Employees Provident Fund Organisation & Anr. Etc. v. Sunil Kumar B. & Ors. Etc. not applicable
2016 Lilawati Agarwal Etc. v. The State of Jharkhand Etc. explained
2015 State of Karnataka v. M/s Pro Lab & Ors. Etc. overruled

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 followed · 14 referred to · 1 not applicable · 1 explained · 1 overruled

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