Supreme Court of India

Santosh Hazarl v. Purushottam Tiwarl (dead) by Lrs

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Reported as [2001] 1 S.C.R. 948

Bench A.S. Anand J.

Decided 8 February 2001

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Authorities it was built on

1997 Kshitish Chandra Purkait v. Santosh Kumar Purkait cited by 28
1966 Girija Nandini Devi and Ors. v. Bijendra Narain Choudhury cited by 14
1950 Sarju Pershad v. Raja Jwaleshwari Pratap Narain Singh cited by 13

Where later benches applied it

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2018 Sudarsan Puhan v. Jayanta Ku. Mohanty & Anr. Etc. relied on
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2017 Ram Chand (deceased) through L.rs. & Ors. v. Udai Singh@ Daya Ram & Ors. relied on
2016 Union of India v. K.V. Lakshman & Ors. relied on
2015 Chintaman Namdev Patil (dead) v. Sukhdev Namdev Patil & Anr. relied on
2015 Shasidhar & Others v. Smt.ashwini Uma Mathad &anr. relied on
2014 Vinod Kumar v. Gangadhar relied on
2012 Hardeep Kaur v. Malkiat Kaur relied on
2011 State Bank of India and Anr. v. M/s. Emmsons International Ltd. and Anr. relied on
2025 Singamasetty Bhagavath Guptha & Anr. v. Allam Karibasappa (d) by Lrs./allam Doddabasappa (d) by Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2025 Rajan v. The State of Haryana referred to
2024 Ramachandra Reddy (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. Ramulu Ammal (dead) Thr. Lrs. referred to
2024 Mrugendra Indravadan Mehta and Others v. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation referred to
2023 Appaiya v. Andimuthu @ Thangapandi & Ors. referred to
2020 Malluru Mallappa (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Kuruvathappa & Ors. referred to
2019 R. S. Anjayya Gupta v. Thippaiah Setty & Ors. referred to
2018 Narayana Gramani & Ors. v. Mariammal & Ors. referred to
2017 Kanailal & Ors. v. Ram Chandra Singh & Ors. referred to
2016 Union of India & Ors. v. Diler Singh referred to
2013 Laxmibai (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. Bhagwantbuva (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2009 Narayanan Rajendran & Another v. Lekshmy Sarojini & Others mentioned

Of those, 17 relied on · 11 referred to · 1 mentioned

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