Supreme Court of India

H.d.f.c.bank Limited v. Kishore K.mehta (dead) Thr. Lrs.

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Bench Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 13 July 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that t he issue emerging from the present appeal must be decided on the basis of the law as it stood when the litigation commenced.

Judgment, page 9

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