Supreme Court of India

Bhupinder Sharma v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 792

Bench Doraiswamy Raju J.

Decided 17 October 2003

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14 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1983 Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat cited by 52

Where later benches applied it

2018 Nipun Saxena & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2016 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Sanjay Kumar @ Sunny relied on
2014 State of Rajasthan v. Roshan Khan & Ors. relied on
2013 Shimbhu and Anr. v. State of Haryana relied on
2012 State of Rajasthan v. Vinod Kumar relied on
2011 Om Prakash v. State of Haryana relied on
2025 State of Rajasthan v. Chatra referred to
2020 Parminder Kaur @ P.P. Kaur @ Soni v. State of Punjab referred to
2019 Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2021 Puneet Sharma & Ors. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr. Etc. mentioned
2011 Childline India Foundation & Anr. v. Allan John Waters & Ors. mentioned
2006 State of Kerala v. Kurissum Moottil Antony mentioned
2006 Pardeep Kumar v. Union Administration, Chandigarh mentioned
2006 Rameshwar Prasad and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 6 relied on · 3 referred to · 5 mentioned

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