{"id":158423,"date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/padmini-vs-union-on-5-april-2011"},"modified":"2016-06-01T00:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T19:00:09","slug":"padmini-vs-union-on-5-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/padmini-vs-union-on-5-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"Padmini vs Union on 5 April, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Padmini vs Union on 5 April, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Harsha Devani,&amp;Nbsp;Ms.Justice B.M.Trivedi,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\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\nSCA\/17812\/2003\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\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 17812 of 2003\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 2039 of 2004\n \n\nTo\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 2044 of 2004 \n\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION\nNo. 1508 of\n2005 \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nPADMINI\nEXPORTS &amp; 1 - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nUNION\nOF INDIA &amp; 2 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n\n \n\nAppearance\n: \nMR\nPARESH M DAVE for\nPetitioner(s) : 1 - 2. \nMR RJ OZA for Respondent(s) : 1, \nRULE\nSERVED for Respondent(s) : 2 -\n3. \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\tMS.JUSTICE HARSHA DEVANI\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\tMS.JUSTICE BELA TRIVEDI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/04\/2011  \nORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE HARSHA DEVANI)<\/p>\n<p>\tHeard<br \/>\nMr. Paresh Dave, learned advocate for the petitioners in Special<br \/>\nCivil Application No.17812 of 2003 and Special Civil Applications<br \/>\nNo.2039 of 2004 to 2044 of 2004 and Mr. R.J. Oza, learned senior<br \/>\nstanding counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents in the said<br \/>\npetitions and Mr. Deep Vyas, learned advocate for the petitioner in<br \/>\nSpecial Civil Application No.1508 of 2005. The matter to be posted<br \/>\nfor dictation of judgment on 11.04.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[Harsha<br \/>\nDevani, J.]<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[Bela<br \/>\nTrivedi, J.]<\/p>\n<p>mrpandya<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Padmini vs Union on 5 April, 2011 Author: Harsha Devani,&amp;Nbsp;Ms.Justice B.M.Trivedi,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/17812\/2003 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 17812 of 2003 With SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 2039 of 2004 To SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 2044 of [&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-158423","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 v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Padmini vs Union on 5 April, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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