Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 440 · Decided 24 November 1998
Union of India and ORS. v. P. Thayagarajan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 440 · [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 114
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5914/1998
- Decided
- 24 November 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, S. RAJENDRA BABU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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