{"id":124042,"date":"2009-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-balwant-kaur-on-22-january-2009"},"modified":"2017-12-17T17:04:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T11:34:45","slug":"the-state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-balwant-kaur-on-22-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-balwant-kaur-on-22-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Punjab And Others vs Balwant Kaur on 22 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The State Of Punjab And Others vs Balwant Kaur on 22 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                          RFA No.3011 of 1993\n\n                                          Date of Decision: 22.1.2009\n\nThe State of Punjab and others\n                                                         ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nBalwant Kaur\n                                                         ...Respondent.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Manohar Lall, Addl.AG Punjab for the appellants.\n\n            Mr.S.N.Saini, Advocate for the respondent.\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For orders see separate detailed order passed in RFA No.3003<\/p>\n<p>of 1993 titled as The State of Punjab and others Vs. Gurbax Singh.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n\n                                           (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n22.1.2009                                         Judge\nMeenu\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court The State Of Punjab And Others vs Balwant Kaur on 22 January, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.3011 of 1993 Date of Decision: 22.1.2009 The State of Punjab and others ..Appellants. Vs. Balwant Kaur &#8230;Respondent. 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