Supreme Court of India

State of M.P. and Anr. v. Ram Kishna Balothia and Anr.

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Reported as [1995] 1 S.C.R. 897

Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.

Decided 6 February 1995

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1954 Sri Monohar Das Mohanta v. Charu Chandra Pal and Others cited by 11

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2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. mentioned

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