# Judgments construing Section 178 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

5 judgments in this corpus construe Section 178 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/178

Showing 1–5 of 5, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 178 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/178) — Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it

## The judgments

- [KIRAN BEDI & ORS v. COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY & ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kiran-bedi-ors-v-committee-of-inquiry-anr-10217) — [1989] 1 S.C.R. 20 · cited by 4 · names the section 13 times, first at printed page 1
- [Ajay Pratap Singh Alias Ajai Sipahi v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/ajay-pratap-singh-alias-ajai-sipahi-v-state-of-u-p-anr-53928) — (2025) 9 ILRA 549 · cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 6
- [Ajay Rai v. State of U.P. & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/ajay-rai-v-state-of-u-p-anr-53929) — (2025) 9 ILRA 554 · cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 1
- [ARUN PASWAN, S.I v. ST A TE OF BIHAR AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/arun-paswan-s-i-v-st-a-te-of-bihar-and-ors-19554) — [2003] Supp. 6 S.C.R. 724 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 5
- [KIRAN BEDI & ORS v. COMMITIEE OF INQUIRY & ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kiran-bedi-ors-v-commitiee-of-inquiry-anr-10134) — [1988] Supp. 2 S.C.R. 518 · names the section 3 times, first at printed page 1

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)