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Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors.

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Reported as [1993] 2 S.C.R. 581
Bench J.S. Verma J.
Decided 24 March 1993

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded by Brother Verma, J., I agree that the State of Orissa should pay a sum of Rs.1,50,000 to the petitioner and a sum of Rs.10,000 by way of costs to the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee G Board.

Judgment, page 30

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 14 relied on · 15 referred to · 20 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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