Supreme Court of India

Mis. Dharampal Satyapal Ltd. v. Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, Gauhati & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 6 S.C.R. 437

Bench A.K. Sikri and Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ.

Decided 14 May 2015

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1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India cited by 97
1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 79
1977 Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr. v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors. cited by 59
1993 Managing Director, Ecil, Hyderabad Etc. Etc. v. B. Karunakar and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 35
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2005 R.C. Tobacco Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 3
1994 Maharashtra State Financial Corporation v. Mis. Suvarna Board Mill and Anr. cited by 1
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1969 Board of High School & Intermediate Education, U.P. & Others v. Kumari Chittra Srivastava & Others cited by 1

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2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2023 Virendrasing v. The Additional Commissioner and Ors. referred to
2021 The Chairman, State Bank of India and v. M. J. James referred to
2021 Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & Ors. referred to
2020 State of U.P. v. Sudhir Kumar Singh and Ors. referred to

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