Supreme Court of India

M/s. Kusum Ingots and Alloys Ltd. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Bench V.N. Khare, S.B. Sinha and S.H. Kapadia JJ.

Decided 28 April 2004

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226(2). "Cause of action"-Meaning of-Held: The material facts which are imperative for the plaintiff/petitioner to allege and prove in order to obtain a judgment in his favour constitute the cause of action-However, the entire bundle of facts pleaded need not constitute a cause of action as w.hat ·is necessary to be proved before a petitioner can obtain a decree is the material facts also known as integral facts.

Authorities it was built on

1995 Rashtriya Chini Mills Adhikari Parishad, Lucknow v. The State of U.P. and Others cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2020 Shanti Devi Alias Shanti Mishra v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2014 Nawal Kishore Sharma v. Union of India and Others relied on
2026 Baksish Ahmad v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2024 Allahabad University Etc. v. Geetanjali Tiwari (pandey) & Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2024 Shaji Poulose v. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & Others referred to
2023 Union of India v. Sanjiv Chaturvedi referred to
2021 Swati Ulhas Kerkar and Ors. v. Sanjay Walavalkar and Ors. referred to
2018 Ahmed Abdulla Ahmed Al Ghurair (through Their Power of Attorney Holder Mr. Bartholomew Kamya) & Anr. v. Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited & Ors. referred to
2017 Krishna Veni Nagam v. Harish Nagam referred to
2022 Union of India v. Alapan Bandyopadhyay not applicable

Of those, 2 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 not applicable

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