Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 875 · Decided 13 August 1996
D.C.M. LTD. and ANR. v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 875 · [1996] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 589
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3274/1990
- Decided
- 13 August 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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