Supreme Court of India
Subhash Chandra & Anr. v. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the dicta in Pushpa is an obiter and does not lay D down any binding ratio.
Judgment, page 70
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 Saurabh Chaudri and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2004 E. V. Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
- 2006 Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Ranjodh Singh and Ors.
- 2006 Ramdev Food Products Pvt. Ltd. v. Arvindbhai Rambhai Patel and Ors.
- 2005 S. Pushpa and Ors. v. Sivachanmugavelu and Ors.
- 1999 The State of Maharashtra and Ors. v. Kumari Tanuja
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- 2020 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors.
- 2019 M/s. Unicorn Industries v. Union of India & Others
- 2018 Bir Singh v. Delhi Jal Board & Ors.
- 2014 Chandigarh Administration & Another v. Jasmine Kaur & Others
- 2013 Suresh Kumar Koushal and Another v. Naz Foundation and Others
- 2020 Nitesh Kumar Pandey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
Of those, 1 distinguished · 6 referred to · 1 mentioned
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