Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 80 · Decided 7 April 1978
Nandini Satpathy v. Dani (P.L.) and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 80 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 608
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 315/1978
- Decided
- 7 April 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH, V.D. TULZAPURKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 165, 120B, 109, 179; CrPC Section 161, 401, 161(2), 160(1); Evidence Act Section 27; Constitution Article 20(3); Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
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