Supreme Court of India
Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, ‘law and order’, ‘public order’ a nd ‘security of State’ are distinct legal standards and the Magistr ate must tailor the restrictions depending on the nature of the situation.
Judgment, page 83
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 144 – Tempora ry Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Service) Rules, 2017 – Exemption from production of orders passed u /s. 144 Cr. P . . and under the suspension Rules by the Government – laim of – Various Authorities passed orders restricting the mov ement and communication in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, how ever, the orders were not placed before the Court – Held: The re are two separate types of reasoning that mandate the produc tion of the orders passed by the authorities – First, Art. 19 of the onstitution mandate right
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- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
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- 1984 Indian Express Newspapers (bombay) Private Ltd. & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc.
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- 2015 Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
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- 2005 State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Ors.
- 2012 In Re: Ramlila Maidan Incident Dt.4/5.06.2011 v. Home Secretary, Union of India & Ors.
- 2011 Ram Jethmalani and Ors. v. Union of Indla and Ors.
- 1987 B.K. Srinivasan & Another Etc. Etc. v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
- 1961 Sakal Papers (p) Ltd., and Others v. The Union of India
- 2003 Dharam Dutt and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1996 People's Union for Civil Liberties {pucl) v. Union of India and Anr.
- 1981 Bishambhar Dayal Chandra Mohan and Others Etc. Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- 2004 State of Karnataka v. Dr. Praveen Bhai Thogadia
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- 1978 Himmatbhai Son of Chaganlal v. Rikhilal and Ors.
- 1970 Madhu Limaye v. Sub-divisional Magistrate, Monghyr & Ors.
- 1983 Acharya Jagdishwaranand Avadhuta, Etc. v. Commissioner of Police, Calcutta & Anr.
- 1968 State of Maharashtra v. Mumbai Upnagar Gramodyog Sangh
- 1981 Gulam Abbas & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- 1959 Narendra Kumar and Others v. The Union of India and Others
- 1995 Sushila Saw Mill v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- 1997 Pratap Pharma Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1969 State of Bihar v. K. K. Misra & Ors.
- 1975 Hukam Chand Shyam Lal v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1977 Md. Gulam Abbas & Ors. v. Md. Ibrahim & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh v. Bihar Legislative Council (through Secretary) and Ors.
- 2024 Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement
- 2024 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2023 Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2021 Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. v. The Union of India & Ors.
- 2021 Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2021 Union of India & Ors. v. Ilmo Devi & Anr.
- 2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors
- 2020 Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others
- 2020 Gujarat Mazdoor Sabha & Anr. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2022 Noel Harper & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
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