Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1165 · Decided 8 October 1996
M/S. Lipton India LTD. and ANR. v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1165 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5425/1994
- Decided
- 8 October 1996
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.C. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Affidavit: Affidavit filed on behalf of State Government in a case pending before High Court-High Court acted upon the said affidavit and decided the case C accordingly-Statement made in the affidavit subsequently found to be incor­ rect-Another affidavit filed by the Chief Secretary of the did not realise the seriousness of swearing a false statement on oath and filing the said affidavit before the High Court-Held, the High Court should be very vigilant in accepting as correct a statement, even though it be made on oath, on behalf D of the State Government-High Court's judgment
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