Supreme Court of India

N.K. Bapna v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1992] 3 S.C.R. 267
Decided 14 May 1992

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that, interesting as these arguments are, they cannot be accepted.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

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