Supreme Court of India

Gurjant Singh @ Janta v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2013] 12 S.C.R. 180

Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 28 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the provisions of Section 50 of the Act implicitly make it imperative and obligatory and H c . . . 194 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2013] 12 S.C.R.

Judgment, page 14

Authorities it was built on

1999 The State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh cited by 27
2005 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Pawan Kumar cited by 13
1994 State of Punjab. v. Balbir Singh and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2025 The State of Haryana v. Jai Singh and Others mentioned
2024 Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana & Ors. mentioned
2022 The State of Haryana through Secretary to Government of Haryana v. Jai Singh & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 3 mentioned

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