Supreme Court of India

Tanviben Pankaj Kumar Divetia v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 96

Bench G.N. Ray and G.T. Nanavati JJ.

Decided 6 May 1997

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12 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

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1980 Shankarlal Gyarasilal Dixit v. State of Maharashtra cited by 2

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2019 Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr v. Mohd. Parvez Abdul Kayuum Etc relied on
2012 Brijesh Mavi v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2011 Amitava Banerjee @ Amit @ Bappa Banerjee v. State of West Bengal relied on
2011 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2022 Ram Sharan Chaturvedi v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Sunder @ Sundararajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2025 Gurdeep Singh v. The State of Punjab mentioned
2023 Jabir & Ors v. The State of Uttarakhand mentioned
2022 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State (nct of Delhi) mentioned
2006 Radha Mohan Singh @ Lal Saheb and Ors. v. State of U.P. mentioned
2001 Sudama Pandey and Ors. v. State of Bihar mentioned
1998 Sajjan Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 2 referred to · 6 mentioned

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