Supreme Court of India

Peddinti Venkata Murali Ranganatha Desika Iyengar and Ors. v. Government of Andhra Pradesh and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] 1 S.C.R. 439
Bench K. Ramaswamy and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 12 August 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Section 76 and explanation II to Section 2(22) of the Act to that extent are invalid and unconstitutional. c The writ petition is accordingly allowed, but, without costs.

Judgment, page 15

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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