Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 532

Bench P.N. Bhagwati J.

Decided 9 March 1979

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1978 Madray Hayawadanrao Hoskot v. State of Maharashtra cited by 32

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