Supreme Court · 1963 INSC 178 · Decided 23 August 1963
Valia Peedikakkandi Kutheessa Umma and Others v. Pathakkalan Naravanath Kumhamu and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1963 INSC 178 · [1964] 4 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 513/1961
- Decided
- 23 August 1963
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(2)
Headnote
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