Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Bharat Fakira Dhiwar

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 12

Bench K.T. Thomas and S.N. V Aria Va JJ.

Decided 2 November 2001

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10 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70
1998 Panchhi and Ors. Etc. v. State of U.P. cited by 20
1995 Shamshul Kanwar v. State of U.P. cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2013 Ibrahim Musa Chauhan @ Baba Chauhan v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore referred to
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. mentioned
2013 Sunil Dutt Sharma v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) mentioned
2009 Mohd. Farooq Abdul Gafur and Another v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2005 Pentakota Satyanarayana and Ors. v. Pentakota Seetharatnam and Ors. mentioned
2002 Devender Pal Singh v. State N.C.T. of Delhi and Anr. mentioned
2025 Govind v. State of Haryana distinguished

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to · 5 mentioned

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