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JUDGMENT
M.R. Shah, J.
1 . In the light of the conflicting views of the different Benches of varying strength,
more particularly in the cases of Shri Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia and Ors. v. State of
Punjab MANU/SC/0215/1980 : (1980) 2 SCC 565;Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v.
State of Maharashtra MANU/SC/1021/2010 : (2011) 1 SCC 694;Bhadresh Bipinbhai
Sheth v. State of Gujarat MANU/SC/0949/2015 : (2016) 1 SCC 152 on one side and
in the cases of Salauddin Abdulsamad Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra
MANU/SC/0280/1996 : (1996) 1 SCC 667, subsequently followed in the case ofK.L.
Verma v. State and Anr. MANU/SC/1493/1998 : (1998) 9 SCC 348;Sunita Devi v.