Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 486 · Decided 21 November 2002
Central Airmen Selection Board and ANR. v. Surender Kumar Das
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 486 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 251/1994
- Decided
- 21 November 2002
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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