STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH versus JAI BIR SINGH

Citation: [2017] 1 S.C.R. 83 · Decided: 02-01-2017 · Supreme Court of India · Bench: T.S. THAKUR, MADAN B. LOKUR, S.A. BOBDE, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, L. NAGESWARA RAO · Disposal: Matter referred to larger bench
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[2017] 1 S.C.R. 83 
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH 
v. 
JAI Bm. SINGH 
(Civil Appeal No.897 of2002) 
JANUARY 02, 2017 
(T. S. THAKL'R, C.J.I., MADAN B. LOKUR, S.A. BOBD.J<~, 
ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT, 
DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND L. NAGF.SWARA RAO, J.J.} 
Reference to larger bench - Reference order by a Five-Judges 
Bench pursuant to which matter placed before Seven-Judges Bench 
- In view of serious all{/ ·wide ranging implications of the issue 
invoh,ed as al.m the fact that serio11s doubts have been e>.]Jressed 
in the reference order abouJ the correctnes.o; of the view in Banga lore 
Water Supply and Sewerage Supply & Sewerage Board etc. v. A. 
Rajappa and Ors. etc. (1978) 2 SCC 213, mu11er referred to Nine-
Judges Bench. 
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 897 of 
2002. 
From the Judgment and Order dated 30.01.2001 of the High Court 
of Judicature at Allahabad in Civil Misc. Writ Petition ~o. 32&2 of2001. 
WITH 
C.A. Nos. 1276, 1278, 1279, 6114, 8597 of200 l 
. C.A. Nos. 2409, 2~06, 4569, 5101,6108,6471 of2002 
SLP (C) No.20982 of2002· 
C.A. No. 7994 of2004 
SLP (C) Nos.l\291, 14085. 14127 of2004 
C.A.No.812 of2005 
SLP (C) No. 4l39.of2005 
C. A. Nos.1273, 1274, 3647, 4646 of2007 
SLP (C) No. 1630 I of 2007 
C. A. Nos. 296, 1311-1312 of2008 
SLP (C) Nos.31 07,4327, 4328,4329, 16276, 17224 of2008 
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SUPREME COURT REPORTS 
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SLP (C) No.l112 of2009 
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SLP (C) ... CC No.7990 of2009 
C.A. "\Jos. 3920, 5681 of20 I 0 
C.A.Nos. 3119, 7757 of20 II 
C.A. ~o.ll31 of20 12 
C.i\. Nos.4505-4506, 4507-4508 of20 13 
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C.A. No. 5.519 of20l2 
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SI.,P (C) No.l857 of20 16. 
Ms.Pinky Anand, ASG, Dcvadatt Kamat, Purushindra Kaul'av, 
Nikhil Nayyar,AAGs., Sunil Gupta, Mrs. V.D. Makhija, Mrs. V. Mohana, 
Ms. Indira Jaising, Subramonitun Pmsad, C.U. Singh, Dinesh Dwivcdi, 
Silambannan, Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Advs. Vivek Vishnoi, M. R. Shamshad, 
D . Aditya Samadar, D.N. GobL1rdhan, Vimla Sexcna, Rajesh Ranjan, Karan 
Seth, Joel, Shashank Dcwa•'· Ms. Somya Rathorc~ B. Krishna Prasad, 
D. S. Mahra, Ms. Vimla Sinha, Ms. Gunwant Dam, Ms. Movita, Ms. 
Akhila J., M.K. Maroria, Bhtlrat Sangal, Ms. Vidushi Garg, Ms. Ajitha 
Sharma, Ms. Vernika Tomar, Samar Vijay Singh, SaJtiay Kr. Vi sen, Kamal 
Mohan Gupta. C. D. Singh, \.1s. Sylona Mohapatra, Vidit Arora, Rahul 
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Rajput. Saurabh Ajay Gupta. M. Yogcsh Kanna, Ms. Nilhya, Ms. 
Jltmumt ika Wah i, Ms. PLtia Singh, Ms. Aagam Kaur, V. N. Ragh u path y, 
Joseph Aristotle, Rajesh lnamdar, Javedur Rahman, Parikhit P. Angdi, 
Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, Mukesh Verma, 
K. L.Janjani, Mishra Samabh, Ms. Anuradha M ishra, Ankit Kr. La I, 
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K uldip Singh, N. Sai Vi nod, Jagj it Singh Chhabra, Abhay Ncgdvi, Krishan 
Kumar, Joseph Aristotle S., Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Ms. K. Priyadarshini, 
Ms. Anitha Shcnoy, Pradcep Misra, Ms. Madhu Sikri, R. Chandrachud, 
Senthil J agadeesan, Jawahar Raja, Chinmay Kanojia, Gautam Bhatia. 
Pukhrambnm Ramesh Kumar. Uday Manaktala, Prcctcsh Kapur, 
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Ardhen<.l'umauli Kumar Prasad, Manish Shankar Srivastava, Krishnam 
Misra, Yasharth Kant, Ms. TarunaArdhendumauli Prasad, Namit Saxena, 
Nirmal Kumar Ambastha. Amritesh Raj, Panshul Chandra, Jaydip Pati, 
S. Ravi :Shankar, Yamunah N., Ms. Sneha Bhatnagar, Gunjan, Ms. Jyoti 
Mendiratta, Mukesh Vermn. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Yash Pal Dhingra, 
Ms. Sangeeta Bhm1i, Krishanu Adhikary, Ms. Pr~rna Mehta, Dr. Krishan 
Singh Chauhan,Aseem Katoch,Ajit Kumar Ekka, Ravi Prakash, Chand 
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. JAI DIR SINGH 
Kira11, Ms. Charu Lata Chaudhary. Ashok Kumar Sharma. Vikalp 
Mudgal, Kshitij Mudgal, Ms. Nidhi, Vidya DharGaur. Ms. Shnlu Sharma, 
Naresh Kumar, Dr. (Mrs.) Vi pin Gupta, Vishwajlt Singh, Dharat Sangal, 
S. K. Verma, S. N. Bhat, R. C. Kaushik, Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, 
E. C. Vidya Sagar, Ms. Kusum Chaudhary, Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, 
Subhash Sharma, A. P. Mohanty, Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Gautam 
Narayan, K. Rajeev, M. K. Garg, Ms. Sheela Goel, Abhay Nagavi. 
Krishan Kumar, Advs., with them for the appearing parties. 
The following Order of the Cou11 was del ivcred 
ORI>ER 
'f. S. THAKUR, C.J.I. I. We have heard learned counsel for 
the parties at considerable length. We have also been taken throHgh 
relevant passages of the decision of this Collrt in JJaugalor.e Water 
Supply & Sewarage Board e/c. 1-: A. Rqjuppa tmd Or.~. etc. ( 1978) 2 
SCC 213 and the rete renee order passed by a Five-Judges Bench
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