{"id":122328,"date":"2011-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mehma-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-12-august-2011"},"modified":"2018-03-30T03:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T21:37:30","slug":"mehma-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-12-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mehma-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-12-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Mehma Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 12 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mehma Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 12 August, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                    CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.15169 OF 1991\n                    DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 12, 2011\n\n\nMehma Singh\n\n                                                             .....Petitioner\n\n                           VERSUS\n\nState of Punjab and others\n\n                                                              ....Respondents\n\nCORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\n\n\nPRESENT:            Ms. Savita Tanwar, Advocate for\n                    Mr. Jagdev Singh, Advocate,\n                    for the petitioner.\n\n                    Mr. A. S. Jattana, Addl.A.G., Punjab,\n                    for the State.\n\n                    Mr. S. S. Rangi, Advocate,\n                    for respondent No.4.\n\n                                  ****\n\nRANJIT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Counsel for the petitioner says that the present writ<br \/>\npetition is rendered infructuous and the same be disposed of as<br \/>\nsuch. Ordered accordingly.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\nAugust 12, 2011                                        (RANJIT SINGH )\nkhurmi                                                     JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Mehma Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 12 August, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.15169 OF 1991 DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 12, 2011 Mehma Singh &#8230;..Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others &#8230;.Respondents CORAM:- HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. 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