Supreme Court of India

R. S. Raghunath v. State of Karnataka and Anr.

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Reported as [1991] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 387

Bench Kuldip Singh, K. Jayachandra Reddy and B Yogeshwar Dayal JJ.

Decided 4 October 1991

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeal is allowed and the Government is directed to consider the case of the appellant for promotion to the post of Deputy Commissioner of Transport on the basis of promotion by selection, as· provided in the Special Rules namely Karnataka General Service (Motor G Vehicles Branch) (Recruitment) Rules, 1976.

Judgment, page 19

Authorities it was built on

1977 State of Karnataka v. L. Muniswamy & Ors. cited by 27
1954 The Dominion of India and Another v. Shrinbai A. Irani and Another cited by 9
1979 Justiniano Augusto De Piedada Barreto v. Antonio Vicente De Fonseca and Ors. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

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2020 Chief Information Commissioner v. High Court of Gujarat and Another. relied on
2014 Rajib Ranjan & Ors. v. R. Vijaykumar relied on
2014 Rishipal Singh v. State of U.P. & Anr. relied on
2013 L. Krishna Reddy v. State by Station House Officer & Ors. relied on
2011 Padal Venkata Rama Reddy @ Ramu v. Kowuri Satyanarayana Reddy and Ors. relied on
2025 Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (international Taxation) & Others v. Shelf Drilling Ron Tappmeyer Ltd. Etc. referred to
2025 Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2024 M/s Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rambha Devi & Ors. referred to
2024 Chief Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax & Ors. v. M/s Safari Retreats Private Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2023 Shakti Yezdani & Anr. v. Jayanand Jayant Salgaonkar & Ors. referred to
2021 Pasl Wind Solutions Private Limited v. Ge Power Conversion India Private Limited referred to
2019 Google India Private Limited v. M/s. Visakha Industries referred to
2019 Council for Technical Education v. Shri Prince Shivaji Maratha Boarding House’s College of Architecture & Ors. referred to
2019 Jose Paulo Coutinho v. Maria Luizavalentina Pereira & Anr. referred to
2018 V. Ravi Kumar v. State, Rep. by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Salem, Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2012 Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Service, Inc. referred to
2011 Sushil Suri v. C.b.i & Anr. referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 12 referred to

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