Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 558 · Decided 25 August 2006
Director General, Directorate General of Doordarshan and ORS. v. Anand Patwardhan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 558 · [2006] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 403
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 613/2005
- Decided
- 25 August 2006
- Bench
- AR. LAKSHMANAN, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 292, 293; Constitution
Headnote
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