UNION OF INDIA . vs RAJA MAHENDRAGIRJI . — C.A. No. 1521/1996

Case under Section III. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010187521995

Filing Date

08-Jan-1996

Registration No

C.A. No. 1521/1996

Diary Number

18752/1995

Order Date

11-Oct-2001

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 11-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section III

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA .

    Adv. ANIL KATIYAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.RAJA MAHENDRAGIRJI .

    Adv. ARVIND MINOCHA (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 11-Oct-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 08-Jan-1996

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 1521/1996

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: In Civil Appeal No. 1521 of 1996, the two-judge bench of Justices V.N. Khare and B.N. Agrawal heard arguments from Union of India (appellant) and Raja Mahendragirji and others (respondents) on October 11, 2001. The judges disagreed on the key legal question of whether a decision under Section 7(3)(a) of the Act constitutes an independent proceeding or is part of Section 7(1) proceedings. Consequently, the bench referred the matter to a three-judge bench for resolution and directed the Chief Justice of India to assign the case accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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