Supreme Court of India

Malpe V!shwanath Acharya and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 717

Bench J.S. Verma, B.N. Kirpal and M. Srinivasan JJ.

Decided 19 December 1997

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the decision of the High Court upholding the validity of the impugned provisions relating to standard rent was not correct.

Judgment, page 31

Authorities it was built on

1961 Bhaiyalal Shukla v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

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2012 Kesri Commissariat & Others v. Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mumbai & Anr. relied on
2011 Mrs. Saradamani Kandappan v. Mrs. S. Rajalakshmi & Ors. relied on
2024 Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2024 Shaji Poulose v. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & Others referred to
2024 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2019 Ram Krishan Grover and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2019 State of Bihar & Ors. v. The Bihar Secondary Teachers Struggle Committee, Munger & Ors. referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr. referred to
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka referred to
2014 Abp Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 9 referred to · 1 mentioned

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