Supreme Court of India

Harshad S. Mehta and Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 577

Bench S.P. Bharucha, Y.K. Sabharwal and Brijesh Kumar JJ.

Decided 6 September 2001

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we are of the opinion that the learned Special Court rightly rejected the application of the appellants for revocation of the order of pardon.

Judgment, page 40

Authorities it was built on

1955 Willie (william) Slaney v. The State of Madhya Pradesh. cited by 64
1984 A.R. Antulay v. Ramdas Sriniwas Nayak and Another cited by 33
1967 Lt. Commander Pascal Fernandes v. The State of Maharashtra & Others cited by 5
1979 State of Tamil Nadu v. V. Krishnnaswami Naidu & Anr. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2017 Macquarie Bank Limited v. Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd. relied on
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay relied on
2011 Bangaru Laxman v. State (through Cbi) & Another relied on
2011 M/s. Sharma Transports v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. relied on
2024 Union of India & Ors. v. Rajeev Bansal referred to
2023 A. Srinivasulu v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police referred to
2015 Lal Shah Baba Dargah Trust v. Magnum Developers and Others referred to
2014 R. N. Agarwal v. R. C. Bansal & Ors. referred to
2014 P.C. Mishra v. State (c.b.i.) & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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