Supreme Court of India

Nagar Mahapalika Varanasi v. Durga Das Bhattacharya & Ors.

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Reported as [1968] 3 S.C.R. 374
Bench J.C. Shah J.
Decided 4 March 1968

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the judgment an:I decree of the Allahabad High Court dated November 23, 1961 in First Appeal No. 315 of 1958 is correct and this appeal is accordingly dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 13

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