{"id":143044,"date":"2011-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pratapji-vs-state-on-5-august-2011"},"modified":"2017-03-14T14:17:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T08:47:04","slug":"pratapji-vs-state-on-5-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pratapji-vs-state-on-5-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Pratapji vs State on 5 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Pratapji vs State on 5 August, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya, Mr.Justice J.B.Pardiwala,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nLPA\/834\/2011\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nLETTERS\nPATENT APPEAL No. 834 of 2011\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 10325 of 2000\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nPRATAPJI\nSHANKARJI THAKORE - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 5 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nKETAN D SHAH for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nGOVERNMENT PLEADER for Respondent(s) : 1 - 3. \nDS\nAFF.NOT FILED (N) for Respondent(s) : 4 - 6. \nMR GIRISH K PATEL for\nRespondent(s) :\n4, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tTHE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/08\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost<br \/>\nthe matter on 6.9.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t(S.J.MUKHOPADHAYA,CJ)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t(J.B.PARDIWALA,J)<\/p>\n<p>pathan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Pratapji vs State on 5 August, 2011 Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya, Mr.Justice J.B.Pardiwala, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print LPA\/834\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 834 of 2011 In SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 10325 of 2000 ========================================================= PRATAPJI SHANKARJI THAKORE &#8211; Appellant(s) Versus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pratapji vs State on 5 August, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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