Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India

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Reported as [1993] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 659

Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian, A.M. Ahmadi, Kuldip Singh, J.S. Verma, M.M. Punchhi, Yogeshwar Dayal, G.N Ray, Dr. As. Anand and S.P. Bharucha JJ.

Decided 6 October 1993

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the primacy lies with the Judiciary than it is the Judiciary as a collectivity which has the primal say and and not any individual, not even the Chief Justice of India.

Judgment, page 316

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
1957 State of U.P. v. Manbodhan Lal Srivastava cited by 44
1969 Chandramouleshwar Prasad v. Patna High Court & Ors. cited by 26
1993 R.C. Poudyal and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 19
1977 Union of India v. Sankal Chand Himatlal Sheth and Anr. cited by 17
1993 Raghunathrao Ganpatrao Etc. Etc. v. Union of India cited by 12
1987 Kanubhai Brahmbhatt v. State of Gujarat cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 All India Judges Association v. Union of India & Ors relied on
2023 Anna Mathews and Others v. Supreme Court of India and Others relied on
2019 Central Public Information Officer, v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal relied on
2018 Krishanakant Tamrakar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. relied on
2014 Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2014 Registrar General, High Court of Madras v. R. Gandhi & Ors. relied on
2012 Regional Provident Fund Commissioner v. The Hooghly Mills Co. Ltd. & Ors. relied on
2010 Reference Under Article 317 (1) No.2 of 2008 in Re: Mehar Singh Saini, Chairman, Hpsc and Ors. v. -- relied on
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India followed
2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2024 Chirag Bhanu Singh & Anr. v. High Court of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors. referred to
2023 Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr v. Union of India referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2022 Zakir Abdul Mirajkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2021 Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 K. Lakshminarayanan v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2018 Shanti Bhushan v. Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and Another referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2018 Sunil Samdaria v. Union of India through its Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice and Others referred to
2017 Union of India and Others v. Maj. Gen. Manomoy Ganguly. Vsm referred to
2017 In Re, Hon'ble Shri Justice C. S. Karnan v.. referred to
2016 Govt. of Bihar and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Dayanand Singh Etc. Etc. referred to
2016 Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2015 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Another v. Union of India referred to
2014 Manoj Narula v. Union of India referred to
2013 Smt. K. Vijaya Lakshmi v. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Secretary Home (courts C1) Department and Anr. referred to
2013 Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah (retd.) v. Janekere C. Krishna & Ors. Etc. referred to
2013 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Honble Mr. Justice R. A. Mehta (retd) & Ors. referred to
2012 The Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra v. S.C. Malte & Ors. referred to
2012 Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2010 Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agrawal referred to
2014 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. mentioned
2013 M. Manohar Reddy & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 9 relied on · 1 followed · 25 referred to · 2 mentioned

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