Supreme Court of India

In the Matter Of: 'k', A Judicial Officer v. -

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Reported as [2001] 1 S.C.R. 959

Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and R.C. Lahoti JJ.

Decided 8 February 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the adverse remarks made against the appellant were neither justified nor called for.

Judgment, page 8

Authorities it was built on

1986 Niranjan Patnaik v. Sashibhusan Kar & Anr. cited by 15

Where later benches applied it

2024 Sonu Agnihotri v. Chandra Shekhar & Ors. relied on
2025 Kaushal Singh v. The State of Rajasthan referred to
2013 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Honble Mr. Justice R. A. Mehta (retd) & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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