Supreme Court of India
T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India Etc. v. Union of India and Others
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What the Court ordered
In the result, we uphold the impugned Ordinance (now Act 4 of 1994) in its entirety.
Judgment, page 35
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Clause (1) of Art. 123. c Promulgation of Ordinance-Exercise of Power by the President, under Art 123( 1) of the Constitution of India-Ordinance (No. 32 of 1993) entitled "The Chief Election Commissioner & other Election Commissioners (Condi- tions of Seroice) Amendment Ordinance 1993'~ amended, substituted, and inserted certain provisions to the "Chief Election Commissioner & other Commissioners (Condition of S eroice) Act 1991''-Detennining the conditions of seroice of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commis- sioners and to provide for the procedure
Where later benches applied it
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- 2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors.
- 2025 Vijay Bahadur v. Sunil Kumar & Ors.
- 2024 Dr. Jaya Thakur & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India
- 2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another
Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to
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