{"id":124838,"date":"2008-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/secretarydepartment-of-water-vs-anil-kumar-gupta-on-15-july-2008"},"modified":"2018-05-15T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:22:00","slug":"secretarydepartment-of-water-vs-anil-kumar-gupta-on-15-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/secretarydepartment-of-water-vs-anil-kumar-gupta-on-15-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Secretary,Department Of Water vs Anil Kumar Gupta on 15 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Secretary,Department Of Water vs Anil Kumar Gupta on 15 July, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                 LPA No.1359 of 1997\n            SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF WATER\n                       Versus\n                  ANIL KUMAR GUPTA\n                     -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>15. 15.7.2008.           List it before a bench of<\/p>\n<p>                 which     one   of     us    (Dr.Ravi<\/p>\n<p>                 Ranjan,J) is not a member.<\/p>\n<p>                                      (C.K.Prasad)<\/p>\n<p>                                 (Dr.Ravi Ranjan)<\/p>\n<p>ahk\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Secretary,Department Of Water vs Anil Kumar Gupta on 15 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1359 of 1997 SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF WATER Versus ANIL KUMAR GUPTA &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; 15. 15.7.2008. List it before a bench of which one of us (Dr.Ravi Ranjan,J) is not a member. 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