Union Of India And Others vs Indrajeet And Others on 10 December, 2019
"The concept of "per in curium" has been considered by the Apex Court time and again explaining that the expression means through inadvertence or a point of law is not consciously determined. If an issue is neither raised, nor argued, a decision by the Court after pondering over the issue in depth would not be precedent binding on the Courts. Per incurium are decisions given in ignorance or forgetfulness of some statutory provisions or where the Court omits to consider a binding precedent of the same Court or the superior Court rendered on the same issue or where Court presumes something contrary to the facts of the case. (Vide Mamleshwar Prasad & Anr. Vs. Kanahaiya Lal (Dead), (1975) 2 SCC 232; Rajpur Ruda Meha & Ors. Vs. State of Gujrat, AIR 1980 SC 1707; A.R. Antule Vs. R.S. Nayak, AIR 1988 SC 1531; Municipal Corporation of Delhi Vs. Gurnam Kaur, AIR 1989 SC 38; Punjab Land Development and Reclamation Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh Vs. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Chandigarh & Ors., (1990) 3 SCC 682; State of West Bengal Vs. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., (1991) 1 SCC 139; Maharashtra State Cooperative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation Ltd & Anr. Vs. Employees' Union & Anr., 1994 Supp (3) SCC 385; Pawan Alloys & Casting Pvt Ltd, Meerut Vs. U.P. State Electricity Board & Ors., (1997) 7 SCC 251; Ram Gopal Baheti Vs. Girdharilal Soni & Ors., (1999) 3 SCC 112; Sarnam Singh Vs. Dy. Director of Consolidation & Ors., (1999) 5 SCC 638; Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Vs. B. Satyanarayana Rao, AIR 2000 SC 1729; Arnit Das Vs. State of Bihar (2000) 5 SCC 488; M/s. Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd. Vs. Jindal Exports Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 2293; A-One Granites Vs. State of U.P. & Ors., (2001) 3 SCC 537; Suganthi Suresh Kumar Vs. Jagdeeshan, AIR 2002 SC 681; Director of Settlements A.P. & Ors. Vs. M.R. Apparao & Anr., (2002) 4 SCC 638; S. Shanmugavel Nadar Vs. State of T.N & Anr.., (2002) 8 SCC 361; State of Bihar Vs. Kalika Kuer Kalika Singh & Ors., AIR 2003 SC 2443; and Manda Jaganath Vs. K.S. Rathnam & Ors., (2004) 7 SCC 492).