Supreme Court of India

B.R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 191

Bench S.P. Bharucha, B. Pattanaik, Y.K. Sabharwal, Ruma Pal B and Brijesh Kumar JJ.

Decided 21 September 2001

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Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1971 Har Sharan Verma v. Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister U.P. & Anr. cited by 2

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