Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 833 · Decided 16 August 2022
State Bank of India and Another v. Ajay Kumar Sood
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 833 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 507
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5305/2022
- Decided
- 16 August 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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