Supreme Court of India

Ram Jethmalani and Ors. v. Union of Indla and Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 8 S.C.R. 725

Bench B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.

Decided 4 July 2011

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14 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that there is a special relationship between Clause (1) of Article 32 and Sub-Clause (a) of Clause F (1) of Article 19, which guarantees citizens the freedom of speech and expression.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Administrative law: Writ petition filed by former Union law minister - Allegation regarding transfers and accumulation of unaccounted monies by many individuals and other legal entities in foreign banks - Petition specifically named Hassan c Ali and Tapurias as party to such illegal activities - Supreme Court expressed its concern not merely to the quantum of monies said to have been secreted away in foreign banks, but also the manner in which they may have been taken away from the country and also expressed worries also with regard to the nature of activities that such monies may engender,

Authorities it was built on

1996 Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 15

Where later benches applied it

2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. relied on
2020 Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2018 Romila Thapar and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. relied on
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors. relied on
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India relied on
2023 Anant Thanur Karmuse v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2021 Engineering Analysis Centre of Excellence Private Limited v. The Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr. referred to
2017 Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors. v. State of Ker,ala & Ors. referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to
2015 Sanjiv Rajendra Bhatt v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 8 referred to

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