Supreme Court of India
Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India and Others
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, we proceed to issue the following guidelines:- A. Preventive Measures (i) The State Governments shall designate, a senior police officer, not below the rank of Superintendent of Police, as Nodal Officer in each district.
Judgment, page 34
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Cow protection groups indulging in violence – Cow vigilantism and other incidents of lynching – Writ petition u/Art. 32 seeking direction to State to take immediate and necessary action against the cow protection groups indulging in violence – Issuance of direction to remove the violent contents from the social media – Held: Act of lynching is unlawful – It is constitutional duty to take a call to protect lives and human rights – No citizen can assault the human dignity of another, for such an action would comatose the majesty of law – Authorities conferred…
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- 1996 D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
- 2014 Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar & Anr.
- 1995 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shyamsunder Trivedi and Ors.
- 1991 St. Stephen's College Etc. Etc. v. University of Delhi Etc. Etc.
- 2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors.
- 1989 S. Rangarajan Etc. v. P. Jagjivan Ram & Ors.
- 2018 Shakti Vahini v. Union of India and Others
- 2014 Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2011 Arumugam Servai v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2004 State of Karnataka v. Dr. Praveen Bhai Thogadia
- 1997 Sri Adi Visheshwara of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi and Ors. Etc. v. The State of U.P. and Ors.
- 2011 Nandini Sundar and Ors. v. State of Chattisgarh
- 1976 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Lalai Singh Yadav
- 2014 Mohd. Haroon & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors
- 2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another
Of those, 2 referred to
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