Supreme Court of India

Ravi S. Naik and Sanjay Bandekar and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] 1 S.C.R. 754

Bench M.N. Venkatachaliah and S.C. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 9 February 1994

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellants have failed to make out a case for interference . y with order dated December 13, 1990 passed by the Speaker disqualifying F the appellants, we do not consider it necessary to go into the question about the appellants having disentitled themselves from invoking the juris diction of the High Court Under Article 226 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 27

Authorities it was built on

1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
1956 A. M. Allison v. B. L. Sen cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2020 Ram Chandra Prasad Singh v. Sharad Yadav relied on
2018 Shailesh Manubhai Parmar v. Election Commission of India through the Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. relied on
2014 B.A. Linga Reddy Etc. Etc. v. Karnatakastate Transport Authority & Ors. relied on
2024 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2022 Jarnail Singh & Ors v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Ors referred to
2019 Shrimanth Balasaheb Patil v. Hon’ble Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Others referred to
2012 D. Sudhakar & Ors. v. D.N. Jeevaraju & Ors. referred to
2016 M/s Madras Petrochem Ltd. & Anr v. Bifr& Ors. distinguished

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 4 referred to

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