Supreme Court of India

Mahesh Chandra Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 10 S.C.R. 921

Bench S.H. Kapadia and Aftab Alam JJ.

Decided 6 July 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that 8 respondent no. 3 herein satisfies the qualifications prescribed under Article 217(2)(b).

Judgment, page 52

Authorities it was built on

1968 O. N. Mohindroo v. The Bar Council of Delhi & Ors. cited by 22

Where later benches applied it

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2017 Common Cause v. Union of India and Others relied on
2014 Registrar General, High Court of Madras v. R. Gandhi & Ors. relied on
2025 Dr. Amaragouda L Patil v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Chirag Bhanu Singh & Anr. v. High Court of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2020 Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi referred to
2018 Union of India through its Secretary & Ors. v. Maj. Gen. Manomoy Ganguly referred to
2013 M. Manohar Reddy & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik and Others referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to

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