Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Ors. v. Om Parkash Baldev Krishan

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Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji and L.M. Sharma JJ.
Decided 23 August 1988

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What the Court ordered

The appeal fails and accordingly dismissed with costs.

Judgment, p. 545

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