Supreme Court of India

Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 1

Bench Y.K. Sabharwal, K.G. Bala.Krishnan, S.H. Kapadia, B C.K. Thakker and P.K. Balasubramany An JJ.

Decided 22 August 2006

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30 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 68
1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
1973 Hariprasad Mulshanker Trivedi v. V. B. Raju and Others cited by 9
1959 Shri V. V. Giri v. Dippala Suri Dora and Others cited by 7
1970 Pampakavi Rayappa Belagali v. B. D. Jatti & Others cited by 5
1994 A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar v. George Mascrene and Others cited by 5
1995 Commissioner of Income Tax, Jullundur v. Ajanta Electricals, Punjab cited by 2

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2014 Arikala Narasa Reddy v. Venkata Ram Reddy Reddygari & Anr. relied on
2013 People's Union for Civil Liberties & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
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2018 Shailesh Manubhai Parmar v. Election Commission of India through the Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. followed
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2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
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2019 Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2018 K. Lakshminarayanan v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
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2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
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2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr. referred to
2011 Ruchi Majoo v. Sanjeev Majoo referred to
2010 Goa Glass Fibre Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Goa and Anr. referred to
2012 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam & Anr. v. The Election Commission of India mentioned

Of those, 8 relied on · 1 followed · 20 referred to · 1 mentioned

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