Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 193 · Decided 20 August 1969
Budhan Singh & ANR. v. Nabi Bux & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 193 · [1970] 2 S.C.R. 10
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1789/1966
- Decided
- 20 August 1969
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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