Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 400 · Decided 14 July 1995
DR. Das Rao Deshmukh v. Kamal Kishore Nanasaheb Kadam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 400 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 148
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3169/1991
- Decided
- 14 July 1995
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(a)
Headnote
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