Supreme Court of India

Shri Dinesh Trivedi, M.P. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] 3 S.C.R. 93

Bench A.M. Ahmadi and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 20 March 1997

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We are of the view that the grave nature of the issue demands deft handling by an all-powerful body which will have the means and the power to fully secure its foundational ends.

Judgment, page 16

Authorities it was built on

1995 Balaji Raghavan S.P. Anand v. Union of India cited by 1

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