Supreme Court of India

Nirmal Singh Kahlon v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 14 S.C.R. 1049

Decided 22 October 2008

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f Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Police Act, 1861: ss. 36 and 173 (8)/s.3 - Writ petition challenging selec- tion of Panchayat Secretaries - Direction by High Court to c. hold investigation - Pursuant to investigation by State lnves- tigating Agency, FIR lodged and consequently charge-sheet filed - Further, High Court opining either to entrust investiga- tion to CBI to make further investigation by removing the per- sons against whom a/legations made, from their respective ~ offices - State entrusting the investigation to CBI FIR lodged by CBI - Challenge to entrustment of investigation to

Authorities it was built on

1954 H. N. Rishbud and Inder Singh v. The State of Delhi cited by 37
2008 Raju Ramsing Vasave v. Mahesh Deorao Bhivapurkar & Ors. cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2023 State through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Hemendhra Reddy & Another. Etc. relied on
2019 Pattu Rajan v. The State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2016 Joint Secretary, Political Department, Government of Meghalaya, Main Secretariat, Shillong v. High Court of Megahalaya through its Registrar, Shillong relied on
2025 State of Rajasthan v. Surendra Singh Rathore referred to
2023 Amandeep Singh Saran v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2022 Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2021 Bureau of Investigation (cbi) and Anr. v. Thommandru Hannah Vijayalakshmi @ T. H. Vijayalakshmi and Anr. referred to
2012 Samaj Parivartan Samudaya & Ors. v. State of Karnataka &ors. referred to
2011 State of Punjab v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Ors. referred to
2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. distinguished

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 6 referred to

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