Supreme Court of India

Anita Kushwaha v. Pushap Sudan

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 560

Bench T.S. Thakur, Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, A.K. Sikri, S.A. Bobde and R. Banumathi JJ.

Decided 19 July 2016

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13 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India cited by 97
1978 Madray Hayawadanrao Hoskot v. State of Maharashtra cited by 32
1978 Sunil Batra Etc. v. Delhi Administration and Ors. Etc. cited by 25
1996 M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath and Ors. cited by 23
1995 Shantistar Builders v. Narayan Khimalal Gotame and Ors. Etc. cited by 22
1991 Union Carbide Corporation Etc. Etc. v. Union of India Etc. Etc cited by 20
2009 Suchita Srivastava & Anr. v. Chandigarh Administration cited by 17
1995 Chameli Singh v. The State of U.P. cited by 15
1989 Pt. Parmanand Katara v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 15
2012 Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 14
1978 Charles Sobraj v. The Suptd., Central Jail, Tihar, New Delhi cited by 14
1983 Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar and Another cited by 12
1980 Khatri and Others v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 11
2006 Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and Anr. cited by 10
1980 Prem Shankar Shukla v. Delhi Administration cited by 6
2015 Dilip K. Basu v. State of West Bengal & Ors. cited by 4
1988 Sheela Barse v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 4
2008 Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Share Holders Welfare Association v. S.C. Sekar and Ors. cited by 3
2015 Chandra Babu @ Moses v. State through Inspector of Police & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2023 All India Judges Association v. Union of India & Ors relied on
2023 Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association v. Union of India & Others relied on
2025 Vishu Vardhan @ Vishnu Pradhan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2025 Nbcc (india) Ltd. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors referred to
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2023 Kishan Chand Jain v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2019 Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2018 Krishanakant Tamrakar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2025 Mansi Brar Fernandes v. Shubha Sharma and Anr. mentioned
2024 Dhanraj Aswani v. Amar S. Mulchandani & Anr. mentioned
2023 Priya Indoria v. State of Karnataka and Ors. Etc. mentioned
2021 Ajit Mohan & Ors. v. Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi & Ors. mentioned
2017 Hussain and Anr. v. Union of Lndia mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 referred to · 5 mentioned

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