Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. Etc. v. Virpal Singh Chauhan Etc.

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Bench S.C. Agrawal J.
Decided 10 October 1995

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What the Court ordered

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Judgment, page 23

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 relied on · 8 referred to · 26 mentioned

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