Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 262 · Decided 3 July 2012
Shambhu Prasad Sharma v. Shri Charandas Mahant & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 262 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 356
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4847/2012
- Decided
- 3 July 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86(1)
Headnote
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