Supreme Court of India

D.ramachandran v. R.V. Janakiraman and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 983

Bench A.S. Anand J.

Decided 11 March 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the judgment of the High Court is unsustainable and it is hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 9

Authorities it was built on

1999 V. Sudeer Etc v. Bar Council of India and Another cited by 27
1998 L.R. Shivaramagowda Etc. v. T.M. Chandrashekar (d) by Lrs. and Ors. cited by 12
1995 Ramakant Mayekar Etc. Etc. v. Smt. Celine D Silva cited by 4
1995 Moreshwar Save v. Dwarkadas Yashwantrao Pathrikar cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Bhim Rao Baswanth Rao Patil v. K. Madan Mohan Rao and Ors. relied on
2020 Dahiben v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali (gajra) (d) Thr Lrs & Ors. referred to
2018 Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju v. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. referred to
2025 The Correspondence, Rbanms Educational Institution v. B. Gunashekar & Another mentioned
2024 Shri Mukund Bhavan Trust and Ors. v. Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayan Raje Pratapsinh Maharaj Bhonsle and Another mentioned
2004 State of Haryana v. State of Punjab and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 3 mentioned

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