Supreme Court of India
R. Vishwanatha Pillai v. State of Kerala and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that equity or compassion cannot be allowed to bend the arms of law in a case where an individual acquired a status by practising fraud.
Judgment, page 14
Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Chairman and Managing Director Fci and Ors. v. Jagdish Balaram Bahira and Ors.
- 2010 East Coast Railway & Anr. Etc. v. Mahadev Appa Rao & Ors.
- 2024 Union of India & Ors. Etc. v. Prohlad Guha Etc.
- 2019 The State of Bihar & Ors. v. Devendra Sharma
- 2012 Priya Gupta v. State of Chhatishgarh & Ors
- 2025 Suresh Chandra (deceased) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. Parasram & Ors.
- 2018 Ex Sig. Man Kanhaiya Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2013 Shalini v. New English High Sch. Assn. & Ors.
- 2012 Kavita Solunke v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2008 Regional Manager, Central Bank of India v. Madhulika Guruprasad Dahir and Ors.
- 2008 Yogesh Ramchandra Naikwadi v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2007 Agm/human Resource, Bhel Ltd. v. Suresh Ramkrishna Burde
- 2006 Purshottam Lal Das and Ors. v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2006 Sandeep Subhash Parate v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2006 Ram Saran v. I.G. of Police, Crpf and Ors.
- 2006 L.i.c of India v. Sushil
- 2005 Bank of India and Anr. v. Avinash D. Mandivikar and Ors.
- 2021 K.V. Anil Mithra & Anr. v. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit & Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 12 mentioned · 1 not applicable
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