Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 547 · Decided 9 July 1997
Gaurav Jain v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 547 · [1997] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 105
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 824/1988
- Decided
- 9 July 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
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