Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 627 · Decided 9 May 2008
P.S. Gopinathan v. State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 627 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 65
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3477/2008
- Decided
- 9 May 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
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