Supreme Court of India

Kailash Chand Sharma Etc. Etc. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 317

Bench D.P. Mohapatra and P. Venkatarama Reddi JJ.

Decided 30 July 2002

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there is sufficient justification for the prospective application of the law declared in the instant cases for more than one reason and if so, the declaration of the High Court to that extent need not be disturbed.

Judgment, page 31

Authorities it was built on

1974 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & Ors. cited by 16
1986 Nidamarti Maheshkumar v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. cited by 10
2000 D.M. Nanjjappa (dead) by Lrs. v. S.A. Ramappa and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors. referred to
2021 Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association (regd.) v. Union of India and Others referred to
2014 Manmohan Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. referred to
2024 Mahesh Chand Bareth & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. mentioned
2022 Satyajit Kumar & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 3 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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