Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 130 · Decided 22 July 1980
Shyam Sunder Prasad Singh & ORS. v. State of Bihar & Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 130 · [1981] 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 114/1976
- Decided
- 22 July 1980
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, A.P. SEN, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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