DR. ASHWANI KUMAR v. UNION OF INDIA & Anr.
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Constitution of India arts. 14, 21, 32, 51(c), 73, 141, 142, 162, 245, 253
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 s. 302
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ch. XXXVI
- Human Rights Act, 1998
- M.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1956
- Representation of the People Act, 1951 s. 8
Judgment
His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala and Another (1973) 4 SCC 225 : [1973] 0 Suppl. SCR 1; State of Rajasthan and Others v. Union of India and Others (1977) 3 SCC 592 : [1978] 1 SCR 1; I.R. Coelho (Dead) by LRs. v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007) 2 SCC 1 : [2007] 1 SCR 706; State of Tamil Nadu v. State of Kerala (2014) 12 SCC 696 : [2014] 12 SCR 875 – followed
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