Supreme Court of India

Indian National Congress (i) v. Institute of Social Welfare and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 1040

Bench V.N. Khare and Ashok Bhan JJ.

Decided 10 May 2002

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18 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the appeals deserve to be allowed in part.

Judgment, page 26

Authorities it was built on

1950 Province of Bombay v. Kusaldas S. Advani and Others cited by 17
1996 Indian Bank v. M/s. Satyam Fibres (india) Pvt. Ltd. cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2018 Public Interest Foundation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2018 Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (gwalior) M.P. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Gwalior relied on
2017 National Securities Depository Ltd. v. Securities and Exchange Board of India relied on
2014 Satya Pal Anand v. State of M.P. & Anr. relied on
2012 State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Gujarat Revenue Tribunal Bar Association and Anr. relied on
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India relied on
2012 Ravi Yashwant v. District Collector, Raigad and Ors. relied on
2025 Arunkumar H Shah Huf v. Avon Arcade Premises Co-operative Society Limited & Ors. referred to
2024 Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India v. Delhi International Airport Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2023 Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2022 State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors. referred to
2021 The State of Jammu & Kashmir and Others v. Dr. Saleem Ur Rehman referred to
2021 Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors. referred to
2020 Sukh Sagar Medical College & Hospital v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2019 Abdul Kuddus v. Union of India and Others referred to
2018 Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital & Anr.v. State of Punjab & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors. referred to
2013 Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah (retd.) v. Janekere C. Krishna & Ors. Etc. referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 11 referred to

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