Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 483 · Decided 5 October 2005
Naresh Kumar Goyal v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 483 · [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 17
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1302/2005
- Decided
- 5 October 2005
- Bench
- B.P. SINGH, TARUN CHATTERJEE, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
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