Supreme Court of India

T. C. Basappa v. T. Nagappa and Another.

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 250

Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan J.

Decided 5 May 1954

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1954 Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh and Others. cited by 41
1952 Veerappa Pillai v. Raman & Raman Ltd. and Others. cited by 23

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2015 Radhey Shyam & Anr. v. Chhabi Nath & Ors. relied on
2025 Malleeswari v. K. Suguna and Another referred to
2013 State of Punjab v. Saul Sabhlok and Ors. referred to

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