Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 720 · Decided 17 December 2004
Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community and ANR. v. State of Maharashtra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 720 · [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 1054
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 740/1986
- Decided
- 17 December 2004
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA, G.P. MATHUR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 26(b), 32
Headnote
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