Supreme Court of India
Special Reference No. I of 2002 v..
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What the Court ordered
Conclusions are as follows: (a) The Reference made by the President of India under Article H 426 c SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 143(1) arises out of the order of the Election Commission dated 19.8.2002 and the questions raised therein are of public importance and are likely to arise in future.
Judgment, page 60
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1993 R.C. Poudyal and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1961 Purushothaman Nambudiri v. The State of Kerala
- 1998 Yogendra Singh Rawat and Ors. Etc. v. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
- 2012 Ravi Yashwant v. District Collector, Raigad and Ors.
- 2023 Coal India Limited and Anr v. Competition Commission of India and Anr
- 2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors.
- 2010 Amarinder Singh v. Special Commitiee, Punjab Vidhan,sabha & Others
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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