{"id":152322,"date":"2011-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shantilal-vs-surat-on-21-october-2011"},"modified":"2015-08-22T01:14:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:44:37","slug":"shantilal-vs-surat-on-21-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shantilal-vs-surat-on-21-october-2011","title":{"rendered":"Shantilal vs Surat on 21 October, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shantilal vs Surat on 21 October, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A.L.Dave, 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\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nWPPIL\/140\/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\nWRIT\nPETITION (PIL) No. 140 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nSHANTILAL\nRAMBHAI PATEL &amp; 9 - PETITIONER\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSURAT\nMUNICIPAL CORPORATION THROUGH MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER - RESPONDENT\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nAB MUNSHI for\nPETITIONER : 1 - 10. \nNone for RESPONDENT :\n1, \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 ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR. A.L.DAVE\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: 21\/10\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR. A.L.DAVE)<\/p>\n<p>\tNotice<br \/>\nreturnable<br \/>\non  7 th<br \/>\nDecember, 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>[A.L.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dave, Actg.CJ.]<\/p>\n<p>[J.B.\n<\/p>\n<p>PARDIWALA, J.]<\/p>\n<p>#MH<br \/>\nDave<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Shantilal vs Surat on 21 October, 2011 Author: A.L.Dave, Mr.Justice J.B.Pardiwala, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print WPPIL\/140\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD WRIT PETITION (PIL) No. 140 of 2011 ========================================================= SHANTILAL RAMBHAI PATEL &amp; 9 &#8211; PETITIONER Versus SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THROUGH MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER [&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-152322","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>Shantilal vs Surat on 21 October, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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