Supreme Court of India

Karnataka Bank Ltd. v. State of A.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 1 S.C.R. 986

Bench S.H. Kapadia and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.

Decided 21 January 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we hold the definition of the word "person" in the impugned Explanation and also Explanation No.

Judgment, page 26

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1954 Budhan Choudhry and Others v. The State of Bihar cited by 21

Where later benches applied it

2012 State of M.P. v. Rakesh Kohli & Anr. relied on
2022 Sunil Sikri v. Guru Harkrishan Public School & Anr. referred to
2021 Parmar Samantsinh Umedsinh and Others v. State of Gujarat & Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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