Supreme Court of India

Rajive Raturi v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 12 S.C.R. 827

Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.

Decided 15 December 2017

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6 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

Authorities it was built on

1981 Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi & Ors. cited by 22
2016 Jeeja Ghosh & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 17
1990 Jacob M. Puthuparambil and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Kerala Water Authority and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 7
2014 Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation v. U.0.1. & Anr. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2025 Reena Banerjee and Another v. Government of Nct of Delhi and Others relied on
2025 Pragya Prasun & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Rajive Raturi v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India Private Limited & Ors. referred to
2021 Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. v. The Union of India & Ors. referred to
2026 Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Government of India mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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