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Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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Bench R.C. Lahoti, Shivaraj V. Patil, K.G. Balakrishnan, B.N. Srikrishna and G.P. Mathur JJ.
Decided 17 December 2004

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c Precedent-Law laid down by a larger Bench of Supreme Court-Held, is binding on any subordinate Bench of lesser or equal strength. Practice and Procedure : Supreme Court of India-Constitution of larger Benches-Held, it will be open only for a Bench of co-equal strength to get reconsidered the view taken earlier by Bench of co-equal strength by way of reference to a larger Bench-However, the Chief Justice can direct any matter to be placed before any particular Bench of any strength-Administration of Justice-Consti­ tution of larger Benches in Supreme Court-Supreme Court of India­…

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