Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 140 · Decided 14 March 2002
Union of India and Anr . v. Delhi High Court Bar Association and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 140 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 450
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4679/1995
- Decided
- 14 March 2002
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, Y.K. SABHARWAL, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
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