Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 579 · Decided 7 December 2000
S. Ramanathan v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 579 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 450
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2560/1999
- Decided
- 7 December 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
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