S.M.GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA . — SLP(C) No. 11484/2006

Case Summary: SLP(C) No. 011484/2006 - S.M. Gupta v. Union of India Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed S.M. Gupta's Special Leave Petition but criticized the High Court's Division Bench for making inappropriate observations that wrongly characterized earlier Supreme Court orders as non-binding directions. The Court expressed anguish that the Division Bench overlooked the single judge's grant of relief based on a prior Supreme Court order. Key Point: The Court clarified that while humanitarian orders under Article 142 may not set binding precedent, principles of law established by the Supreme Court are binding on High Courts. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.