Supreme Court of India

Rajammal v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 551
Bench K.T. Thomas, D.P. Wadhwa and Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri JJ.
Decided 14 December 1998

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