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In Ghulam Sarwar v Union of India (15 December 1966), dismissal by the High Court of a petition for…

The decision concerned "Habeas corpus" and the protection of personal liberty: the High Court's dismissal did not bar the Supreme Court's original petition under article 32…

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In Ghulam Sarwar v Union of India (15 December 1966), dismissal by the High Court of a petition for which writ did not operate as res judicata against the later original Supreme Court petition under article 32?

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The decision concerned "Habeas corpus" and the protection of personal liberty: the High Court's dismissal did not bar the Supreme Court's original petition under article 32 by res judicata. The judgment distinguished this from unrestricted successive applications to different benches of the same High Court.

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