Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 427 · Decided 21 September 1999
Chandra Kishore Jha v. Mahavir Prasad and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 427 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 754
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 42/1998
- Decided
- 21 September 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S. RAJENDRA BABU, R.C. LAHOTI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 86
Headnote
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