Supreme Court of India

Lic of India and Anr. v. Consumer Education and Research Centre and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 349

Bench K. Ramaswamy and N. Venkatachala JJ.

Decided 10 May 1995

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12 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that the declaration given by the High Court is not vitiated by any manifest error of law warranting F interference.

Judgment, page 34

Authorities it was built on

1982 D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India cited by 127
1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 50
1965 Dwarkanath, Hindu Undivided Family v. Income-tax Officer, Special Circle, Kanpur Andanr. cited by 15
1995 Murlidhar Dayandeo Kesekar v. Vishwanath Pandu Barde and Anr. cited by 14

Where later benches applied it

2013 Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. & Ors. v. Partha Sarathi Sen Roy & Ors. relied on
2012 Ravi Yashwant v. District Collector, Raigad and Ors. relied on
2012 Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Others v. Union of India and Others relied on
2010 Harjinder Singh v. Punjab State Warehousing Corporation relied on
2024 State of Andhra Pradesh and Others v. Dr. Rao, V.B.J. Chelikani and Others referred to
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2024 Subodh Kumar Singh Rathour v. The Chief Executive Officer & Ors. referred to
2023 Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2015 Lic of India v. Insure Policy Plus Services Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India referred to
2012 Saroj Screens Pvt. Ltd. v. Ghanshyam and Others referred to
2011 Akhil Bhartiya Upbhokta Congress v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 8 referred to

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