{"id":105989,"date":"2009-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sudarshan-ram-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-20-august-2009"},"modified":"2017-02-08T22:06:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:36:41","slug":"sudarshan-ram-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-20-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sudarshan-ram-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-20-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sudarshan Ram vs Union Of India And Others on 20 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sudarshan Ram vs Union Of India And Others on 20 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>     IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n\n                            CHANDIGARH.\n\n                       CWP No. 12681 of 2009\n\n                  Date of Decision: August 20, 2009\n\nSudarshan Ram\n\n                                                                 ...Petitioner\n\n                                   Versus\n\nUnion of India and others\n\n                                                               ...Respondents\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR\n\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH\n\nPresent:    Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n1.    Whether Reporters of local papers may be\n      allowed to see the judgment?\n2.    To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3.    Whether the judgment should be reported in\n      the Digest?\n\n\nM.M. KUMAR, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            Learned    counsel      for     the   petitioner    requests   for<\/p>\n<p>withdrawal of the writ petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Ordered accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                     (M.M. KUMAR)<br \/>\n                                                        JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                                   (JASWANT SINGH)<br \/>\nAugust 20, 2009                                         JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Pkapoor\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sudarshan Ram vs Union Of India And Others on 20 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 12681 of 2009 Date of Decision: August 20, 2009 Sudarshan Ram &#8230;Petitioner Versus Union of India and others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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