Supreme Court of India

Ramdas Athawale v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench K.G. Balakrishnan CJI, S.H. Kapadia, R.V. Raveendran, B. Sudershan Reddy and P. Sathasivam JJ.

Decided 29 March 2010

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What the Court ordered

We accordingly find no merit in this writ petition and is accordingly dismissed without any order as to costs.

Judgment, Para 39

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 87, 118, 122 - President's special address at the commencement of session - Requ irement of, when the House resumed after it was adjourned sine die - Held: 8 c Resumption of House for the purpose of continuing its 0 business would not amount to commencement of new session - No special address by President required - Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Busines.3 in Lok Sabha - Rule 15.…

Authorities it was built on

1964 Special Reference No. 1 of 1964 v.. cited by 14

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2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. mentioned
2023 Subhash Desai v. Principal Secretary, Governor of Maharashtra & Ors. explained

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