Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 440 · Decided 23 September 1999
T.H. Musthaffa v. M.P. Varghese and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 440 · [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 162
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5036/1998
- Decided
- 23 September 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S. RAJENDRA BABU, R.C. LAHOTI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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