Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 8 · Decided 3 January 2024
Mary Pushpam v. Telvi Curusumary & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 8 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 11
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9941/2016
- Decided
- 3 January 2024
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
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