Supreme Court of India

Sri Adi Visheshwara of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi and Ors. Etc. v. The State of U.P. and Ors.

Neutral citation

Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 1086

Bench K. Ramaswamy J.

Decided 14 March 1997

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

6 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that the Act does not suffer from any invalidity except to the extent indicated in the judgment.

Judgment, page 42

Authorities it was built on

1957 Sri Venkataramana Devaru and Others v. The State of Mysore and Others cited by 18
1997 A.S. Narayana Deekshitulu Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. cited by 13
1996 Sri Sri Sri Lakshamana Yatendrulu and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Anr. cited by 2
1997 Executive Officer, Ttd, Tirupati v. A.S. Narayan Deekshitulu and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors followed
2025 Ishwar Chanda Sharma v. Devendra Kumar Sharma & Ors. referred to
2018 M. Siddiq (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Mahant Suresh Das and Others Etc. referred to
2018 Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India and Others referred to
2015 Riju Prasad Sarma Etc. Etc. v. State of Assam & Ors. referred to
2003 Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee and Anr. v. C.K. Rajan and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 followed · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

Sign in free to read it

The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing

An email address, no password.