Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 181 · Decided 31 March 2000
M/S. Economic Transport Organisation ETC. v. Dharwad DISTT. Khadi Gramudyog Sangh ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 181 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 888
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1318/1999
- Decided
- 31 March 2000
- Bench
- M. JAGANNADHA RAO, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 114; NI Act Section 118
Headnote
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