Supreme Court of India

Raghunathrao Ganpatrao Etc. Etc. v. Union of India

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Reported as [1993] 1 S.C.R. 480

Bench L.M. Sharma, S. Ratnavel Pandian, B.P. Jeevan Reddy, S.P. Bharucha and S. Mohan JJ.

Decided 4 February 1993

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Constitution (Twenty.sixth Amendment) Act of 1971 is valid in its entirety.

Judgment, page 50

Authorities it was built on

1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. cited by 139
1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1968 O. N. Mohindroo v. The Bar Council of Delhi & Ors. cited by 22
1970 In the Matter Of: Rustom Cawasjee Cooper v. Union of India cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2021 Psa Sical Terminals Pvt. Ltd. v. The Board of Trustees of V.O. Chidambranar Port Trust Tuticorin and Others referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2020 Sri Marthanda Varma (d) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. referred to
2020 Prathvi Raj Chauhan v. Union of India & Others referred to
2019 Talat Fatima Hasan through Her Constituted Attorney Sh. Syed Mehdi Husain v. Nawab Syed Murtaza Ali Khan (d) by Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2018 Lok Prahari through its General Secretary v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India mentioned
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors mentioned
1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India mentioned
2023 In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution v.. explained

Of those, 8 referred to · 3 mentioned · 1 explained

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