Supreme Court of India
Bhabani Prasad Jena v. Convenor Secretary, Orissa State Commission for Women & Anr.
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Orissa (State) Commission for Women Act, 1993 - s.10 - Extent of power of the State Commission for Women constituted under s.3 of the Act - Discussed - Held: The Act has not entrusted the State Commission with the power to take up the role of a court or an adjudicatory tribunal and determine the rights of the parties - The State Commission is not a tribunal discharging the functions of a judicial character or a court - On facts, the State Commission had no authority, competence or power to order ONA test pursuant to a complaint filed by a woman alleging torture at the hands of her husband and
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- 2003 Sharda v. Dharmpal
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 R. Rajendran v. Kamar Nisha and Others
- 2023 Aparna Ajinkya Firodia v. Ajinkya Arun Firodia
- 2021 Ashok Kumar v. Raj Gupta & Ors.
- 2025 Ivan Rathinam v. Milan Joseph
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2014 Dipanwita Roy v. Ronobroto Roy
- 2014 Nandlal Wasudeo Badwaik v. Lata Nandlal Badwaik & Anr.
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable
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