Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 285 · Decided 15 October 1987
Ranjit Thakur v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 285 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 512
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2630/1987
- Decided
- 15 October 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 136, 226
Headnote
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