Supreme Court of India

Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi & Ors.

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Reported as [1981] 2 S.C.R. 516

Bench P. N. Bhagwati and S. Murtaza Fazal Ali JJ.

Decided 13 January 1981

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