Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Ors. v. Mohinder Singh

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Reported as [2000] 1 S.C.R. 698

Bench S. Saghir Ahmad J.

Decided 7 February 2000

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court was not right in the judgments impugned in these appeals holding that the respondents were entitled to remission of their sentences under the circulars in question issued under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Judgment, page 20

Authorities it was built on

2000 State of Rajasthan v. Harphool Singh (dead) through His Lrs. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2023 Anil Kumar v. State of Haryana & Ors. relied on
2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 Joseph v. The State of Kerala & Ors. referred to
2022 Ram Chander v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr. referred to
2021 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Narayan @ Narayan Sai @ Mota Bhagwan Asaram @ Asumal Harpalani referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 6 referred to

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