Supreme Court of India

Hussainara Khatoon & Ors. v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Govt. of Bihar. Patna

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 169

Bench P. N. Bhagwati, R. S. Pathak and A. D. Koshal JJ.

Decided 12 February 1979

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