Supreme Court of India

Malkiat Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1991] 2 S.C.R. 256

Bench A.M. Ahmadi, V. Ramaswami and K. Ramaswamy JJ.

Decided 10 April 1991

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2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra referred to
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2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to

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