Supreme Court of India

R. Rajagopal Reddy (dead) by Lrs. and Ors. v. Padmini Chandrasekharan (dead) by Lrs.

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Reported as [1995] 1 S.C.R. 715

Bench Kuldip Singh, B.L. Hansaria and S.B. Majmudar JJ.

Decided 31 January 1995

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We are of the considered view that the Act cannot be treated to be declaratory in nature.

Judgment, page 20

Authorities it was built on

1989 Mithilesh Kumari & Anr. v. Prem Behari Khare cited by 19

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