Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 123 · Decided 9 February 2007
Punjab State Electricity Board and ANR. v. Sudesh Kumar Puri
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 123 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 409
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 648/2007
- Decided
- 9 February 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 10
Headnote
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