Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 10 · Decided 8 January 2018
Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration and ORS. v. Pradeep Kumar and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 10 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 112
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 67/2018
- Decided
- 8 January 2018
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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