Supreme Court of India

B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 644

Bench K. Ramaswamy, B.P. Jeevan Reddy and B.L. Hansaria JJ.

Decided 1 November 1995

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21 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1962 State of Orissa v. Bidyabhushan Mohapatra cited by 13
1977 Rangaswami, the Textile Commissioner & Ors. v. Sugar Textile Mills (p) Ltd. & Another cited by 8
1994 State Bank of India and Ors. v. Samarendra Kishore Endow and Anr. cited by 2

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2020 The State of Karnataka & Anr. v. N. Gangaraj relied on
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2014 Union of India and Others v. P. Gunasekaran relied on
2025 The General Manager (p) Canara Bank v. Ganganarasimhaiah referred to
2022 Union of India and Others v. Subrata Nath referred to
2021 Union of India & Ors. v. Ex. Constable Ram Karan referred to
2019 Union of India & Ors. v. Lt. Col. Kuldeep Yadav referred to
2016 H.P. State Electricity Board Ltd. v. Maresh Dahiya referred to
2012 Registrar General, Patna High Court v. Pandey Gajendra Prasad & Ors. referred to
2014 Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others v. T.T. Murali Babu distinguished

Of those, 14 relied on · 1 distinguished · 6 referred to

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