Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 231 · Decided 10 December 1980
Rachapudi Subba Rao v. The Advocate-General, Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 231 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 320
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 172/1975
- Decided
- 10 December 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
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