Supreme Court of India

Jain Motor Car Co., Delhi v. Smt. Swayam Prabha Jain and Anr

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Reported as [1996] 2 S.C.R. 663

Bench K. Ramaswamy, S. Saghir Ahmad and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.

Decided 15 February 1996

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, the High Court was not justified E in relying upon the decision of this Court in Hem Chand's case as it shall be deemed to have been overruled or, in any case, lost its efficacy as a binding decision in view of the Three Judge Bench decisions in Shyam charan Shanna v.

Judgment, page 13

Authorities it was built on

1979 Shyamcharan Sharma v. Dharamdas cited by 10
1994 Smt. Kamla Devi v. Sh. Vasdev cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2014 Dina Nath (d) by Lrs. &anr. v. Sub Hash Chand Saini & Ors. relied on
2019 Dina Nath (d) by Lrs & Anr. v. Subhash Chand Saini & Ors. referred to

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