Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 142 · Decided 21 February 2011
Ram Narayan Tiwari v. Union of India & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 142 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1104
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1978/2011
- Decided
- 21 February 2011
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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