Supreme Court of India

Gokak Patel Volkart Ltd. v. Dundayya Gurushiddaiah Hiremath and Ors.

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Reported as [1991] 1 S.C.R. 396

Bench K.N. Saikia and Madan Mohan Punchhi JJ.

Decided 14 February 1991

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the offence under H I 410 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1991] 1 S.C.R. ·A this section is not such as can be said to have consummated once for all.

Judgment, page 14

Authorities it was built on

1972 State of Bihar v. Deokaran Nenshi cited by 15
1988 Amrit Lal Chum v. Devoprasad Dutta Roy and Anr. Etc. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2013 Udai Shankar Awasthi v. State of U.P. Anr. relied on
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2015 Mohan Lal v. State of Rajasthan mentioned
2003 Lalita Jalan and Anr. v. Bombay Gas Co. Ltd. and Ors. mentioned
2001 J.K. (bombay) Ltd. v. Bharti Matha Mishra and Ors. mentioned
1995 Smt. Abhilash Vinod Kumar Jain Etc. v. Cox and Kings (india) Ltd. and Ors. Etc. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 4 mentioned

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