Supreme Court of India

Pushpa Devi Bhagat (d) Th. Lr. Smt. Sadhna Rai v. Rajinder Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 370

Bench B.P. Singh and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.

Decided 11 July 2006

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1991 Byram Pestonfl Gariwala v. Union Bank of India and Ors. cited by 24
2003 Jineshwardas (d) through Lrs. and Ors. v. Smt. Jagrani. and Anr. cited by 6

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2021 R. Janakiammal v. S.K. Kumarasamy(deceased) through Legal Representatives and Others relied on
2020 Triloki Nath Singh v. Anirudh Singh (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. relied on
2014 R. Rajanna v. S.R. Venkataswamy & Ors. relied on
2013 Mahalaxmi Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. & Etc. v. Ashabhai Atmaram Patel(d) Th. Lrs. and Ors. relied on
2026 Krishna Kumar Ojha v. Jitendra Chaudhary referred to
2025 Sakina Sultanali Sunesara (momin) v. Shia Imami Ismaili Momin Jamat Samaj & Ors referred to
2023 Prasanta Kumar Sahoo & Ors. v. Charulata Sahu & Ors. referred to
2022 K. Srinivasappa & Ors. v. M. Mallamma & Ors. referred to
2022 M/s. Sree Surya Developers and Promoters v. N. Sailesh Prasad and Ors. referred to
2021 M.P. Housing and Infrastructure Development Board & Anr. v. K.P. Dwivedi referred to
2021 H. S. Goutham v. Rama Murthy and Anr. Etc. referred to
2011 Bakshi Dev Raj & Anr. v. Sudhir Kumar referred to
2013 Daljit Kaur and Anr. v. Muktar Steels Pvt. Ltd. distinguished
2012 Benarsi Krishna Committee and Ors. v. Karmyogi Shelters Pvt. Ltd. distinguished

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 distinguished · 8 referred to

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