Supreme Court of India

R.C. Poudyal and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1993] 1 S.C.R. 891

Bench Lm. Sharma, M.N. Venkatachaliah, J.S. Verma, B K.J. Reddy and S.C. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 10 February 1993

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, all the petitions are di,missed without c any order as to costs.

Judgment, page 100

Authorities it was built on

1992 Smt. Sarojini Ramaswami v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 7

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