Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 225 · Decided 5 November 1986
Harbhajan Singh Dhalla v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 225 · [1987] 1 S.C.R. 114
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 67/1985
- Decided
- 5 November 1986
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86(4)(aa); Constitution Article 32
Headnote
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