Supreme Court of India

B. J. Shelat v. State of Gujarat & Anr.

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Reported as [1978] 3 S.C.R. 553
Decided 28 March 1978

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeal is allowed and the impugned order nnd the judgment of the High Court are set aside.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

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