Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Kailash Chand Mahajan and Ors.

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Reported as [1992] 1 S.C.R. 917

Decided 20 February 1992

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What the Court ordered

We hold that on 13.7.90 the first respondent's right to hold office as Chairman/Member of Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board came to end.

Judgment, page 68

Authorities it was built on

1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. cited by 139
1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
1963 Tilkayat Shri Govindlalji Maharaj v. The State of Rajasthan and Others cited by 26
1952 Ameerunnissa Begum and Others v. Mahboob Begum and Others cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2017 Ms. Eera through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. relied on
2015 Union of India & Ors. v. A.K. Behl, Avsm, Phs Etc. relied on
2014 H.C. Kulwant Singh & Ors. v. H.C. Daya Ram & Ors. referred to
2010 Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Anr. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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