Supreme Court of India

Swedish Match Ab and Anr. v. Securities and Exchange Board, India and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 745

Bench N. Santosh Hegde, S.B. Sinha and A.K. Mathur JJ.

Decided 25 August 2004

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that Regulations do not deserve strict construction so as to hold that even a public offer was not necessary.

Judgment, page 38

Authorities it was built on

2004 Ramesh Mehta v. Sanwal Chand Singhvi and Ors. cited by 12
2003 Dipak Chandra Ruhidas v. Chandan Kumar Sarkar cited by 11
1973 State of Bihar v. Bhagirath Sharma & Another cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2022 Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Sunil Krishna Khaitan and Others relied on
2014 Commissioner of Income Tax - Ill v. M/s.calcutta Knitwears, Ludhiana relied on
2019 Delhi Transport Corporation v. Balwan Singh & Ors. referred to
2015 Kosha Investments Ltd. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India & Anr. referred to
2014 1.p. Holding Asia Singapore P. Ltd. & Anr. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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