Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Swapan Kumar Guha & Ors.

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Reported as [1982] 3 S.C.R. 121

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud, C.J. A. Varadarajan and Amarbndra Nath Sbn JJ.

Decided 2 February 1982

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1967 Syed Khawaja Moinuddin v. Government of India and 3 Ors. cited by 16
1973 Prabhu Dayal Deorah Etc. Etc. v. The District Magistrate, Kamrup & Ors. cited by 12

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2012 Ritesh Sinha v. The State of Utiar Pradesh & Anr. referred to

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