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NEW BIHAR BIRI LEAVES CO. & ORS. versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

Decided
6 January 1981
Judges listed
R.S. SARKARIA (as the open data lists them; this may not name the whole bench)
Disposal
Dismissed

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[1981] 2 S.C.R. 417 · 1981 INSC 1
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  • (1981) 1 SCC 537 (35 citing judgments)

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