Supreme Court of India

Lily Thomas, Etc. Etc v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 1081

Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and R.P. Sethi JJ.

Decided 5 May 2000

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13 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1966 Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 38
1984 Javed Ahmed Abdul Hamid Pawala v. State of Maharashtra cited by 12
1965 Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. cited by 8
1985 Ms. Jordan Diengdeh v. S.s, Chopra cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2022 S. Madhusudhan Reddy v. V. Narayana Reddy and Others relied on
2013 Kamlesh Verma v. Mayawati and Ors. relied on
2013 Devendra Kumar v. State of Uttaranchal & Ors. relied on
2012 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. v. Mawasi & Ors. Etc.etc. relied on
2025 Satheesh V.K. v. The Federal Bank Ltd. referred to
2025 Malleeswari v. K. Suguna and Another referred to
2025 Om Prakash @ Israel @ Raju @ Raju Das v. Union of India and Another referred to
2024 Commissioner of Customs v. M/s Canon India Pvt. Ltd. referred to
2023 Govt. of Nct of Delhi through the Secretary, Land and Building Department & Another v. M/s. K.L. Rathi Steels Limited and Others referred to
2022 Jarnail Singh & Ors v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Ors referred to
2020 Shri Ram Sahu (dead) through Lrs. v. Vinod Kumar Rawat & Ors. referred to
2019 Yashwant Sinha & Ors. v. Central Bureau of Investigation through its Director & Anr. referred to
2017 Vikram Singh @ Vicky Walia and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Anr. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 9 referred to

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