Supreme Court of India

Rubabbuddin Sheikh v. State of Gujarat & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 1 S.C.R. 991

Bench Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam JJ.

Decided 12 January 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in view of our final order passed in the main writ petition being c W.P.(Crl.)No.6 of 2007, we do not find any reason to proceed with this contempt application any further.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 32 - Writ petition - Seeking transfer of investigation to CBI - In a case of alleged abduction and fake encounter by State police authorities - Direction sought for registration of offence and investigation of alleged encounter of the material witness against the police officials - Writ of Habeas Corpus also sought to produce wife of the abducted person who was also alleged to be missing - Investigation into the matter initiated by the State police in the · matter on the direction of Registry of Supreme Court, which was issued on the basis of letter to

Authorities it was built on

1991 Gudalure M. J. Cherian and Ors. v. Uni0n of India and Ors. cited by 7
2007 Aleque Padamsee and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2013 Bharati Tamang v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc relied on
2011 Prithipal Singh Etc v. State of Punjab & Anr. Etc. relied on
2011 Narmada Bai v. State of Gujarat and Ors relied on
2018 Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2016 Pooja Pal v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2015 Sanjiv Rajendra Bhatt v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Prof. K.V. Rajendran v. Superintendent of Police, Cbcid South Zone, Chennai & Ors. referred to
2013 Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah v. The Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. referred to
2012 Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali @ Deepak & Ors. referred to
2012 Samaj Parivartan Samudaya & Ors. v. State of Karnataka &ors. referred to
2011 Disha v. State of Gujarat & Ors. referred to
2025 Ramachandraiah & Anr. v. M. Manjula & Ors. mentioned
2020 Dr Naresh Kumar Mangla v. Smt. Anita Agarwal & Ors. Etc. mentioned
2017 Rakesh Kumar Paul v. State of Assam mentioned
2012 Central Bureau of Investigation v. Amitbhai Anil Chandra Shah and Another mentioned
2010 Virender Prasad Singh v. Rajesh Bhardwaj & Ors. mentioned
2015 Rajdeep Sardesai v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. distinguished
2014 Sudipta Lenka v. State of Odisha and Ors. not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 distinguished · 8 referred to · 5 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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