{"id":130416,"date":"2009-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-gurnek-singh-and-others-vs-punjabi-university-on-27-august-2009"},"modified":"2018-08-27T05:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T23:47:47","slug":"dr-gurnek-singh-and-others-vs-punjabi-university-on-27-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-gurnek-singh-and-others-vs-punjabi-university-on-27-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Gurnek Singh And Others vs Punjabi University on 27 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr. Gurnek Singh And Others vs Punjabi University on 27 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                           AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                          C.W.P. No. 9164 of 2009\n\n                          DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 27, 2009\n\nDr. Gurnek Singh and others\n\n                                                          .....PETITIONERS\n                                 Versus\n\nPunjabi University, Patiala and others\n                                                         ....RESPONDENTS\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n                         ---\n\nPresent:     Mr.S.S. Salar, Advocate,\n             for the petitioners.\n                    ..\n\nSATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral)\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Counsel for the petitioners on instructions from the petitioners<\/p>\n<p>states that the petitioners do not want to press this petition.<\/p>\n<p>             Dismissed as not pressed.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\nAugust 27, 2009                           (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL)\nvkg                                               JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dr. Gurnek Singh And Others vs Punjabi University on 27 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. 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