Supreme Court of India

Narmada Bai v. State of Gujarat and Ors

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 729

Bench P. Sathasivam J.

Decided 8 April 2011

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11 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

2010 Rubabbuddin Sheikh v. State of Gujarat & Ors. cited by 19
1996 Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 15
2006 Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'lalan' and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 11
2006 M.c.mehta v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 8
1993 Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association Chandigarh through its Secretary. v. State of Punjab and Ors. cited by 7
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
1993 Mohammed Anis v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 4
2006 Ramesh Kumari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi) and Ors. cited by 3
2007 M.c.mehta v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 3
2006 Hari Singh v. The State of U.P. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2020 Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2018 Romila Thapar and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2012 Shantibhai J. Vaghela and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. relied on
2011 Prithipal Singh Etc v. State of Punjab & Anr. Etc. relied on
2025 Hansura Bai & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. referred to
2022 Himanshu Kumar and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others referred to
2022 Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2018 Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2016 Dharam Pal v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2015 Sanjiv Rajendra Bhatt v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 Samaj Parivartan Samudaya & Ors. v. State of Karnataka &ors. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 7 referred to

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