Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Digambar

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 492

Decided 12 May 1995

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal, set aside the judgment under A appeal, dismiss the writ petition of the writ petitioner (respondent here) and also annual all those judgments rendered by the High Court following the judgment under appeal, even though the S.L.P's filed in respect of them before this Court are yet to be registered or even if no S.L.P's are filed in respect of them.

Judgment, page 18

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2013 K.C. Bajaj and Others v. Union of India and Others distinguished

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